Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heeltap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heeltap
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.

noun

A small amount of (especially alcoholic) drink remaining at the bottom of a glass.

Dated

verb

To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it! So fill me a bumper, a bumper of Claret! Let the bottle pass freely, don't shirk it nor spare it, For a heeltap! a heeltap! I never could bear it."
""He's a good fellow, anyway, if he is a teetotaler!" "Drink his health!" "Give him a rouser, and no heeltaps!""
"We had the heeltaps of bottles as well, so that we often drank too much—a good thing, for one seemed to work faster when partially drunk."

Etymology

From heel + tap.

Usage

Inflected Forms

heeltaps (plural) heeltaps (present, singular) heeltapping (participle, present) heeltapped (participle, past) heeltapped (past)

Questions

What does heeltap mean?: A piece or wedge that raises the heel of a shoe.
Where does heeltap come from?: From heel + tap.

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