English Explanatory Dictionary

heeler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
  2. A quick runner.
  3. A dog that readily comes to heel.
  4. A dog used for cattle droving.
  5. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
  6. The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
  7. A student journalist at Yale University.

Pronunciation

En-au-heeler.ogg

Word forms

heeler heelers

Etymology

From heel + -er.

Derived words

blue heeler Lancashire Heeler ward heeler
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