heeler
English
noun
Definitions
- A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
- A quick runner.
- A dog that readily comes to heel.
- (US) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
- The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
Etymology
Suffix from English heel.
Origin
English
heel
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backheel English
- bootheel English
- cowheel English
- heel English
- heel-dragger English
- heelball English
- heelbone English
- heeled English
- heelflip English
- heelful English
- heelie English
- heelies English
- heelish English
- heelless English
- heelpath English
- heelpiece English
- heelpost English
- heelprint English
- heelproof English
- heelside English
- heelstrike English
- heeltap English
- heelwork English
- hock English
- reheel English
- ヒール Japanese
- hele Middle English