heel

Noun

• (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

• the lower end of a ship's mast

• one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

• someone who is morally reprehensible
  • you dirty dog
    

• the back part of the human foot

• the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

Verb

• put a new heel on
  • heel shoes
    

• strike with the heel of the club
  • heel a golf ball
    

• perform with the heels
  • heel that dance
    

• follow at the heels of a person

• tilt to one side
  • The balloon heeled over
    
  • the wind made the vessel heel
    
  • The ship listed to starboard
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cad , bounder , blackguard , dog , hound , reheel , list