heeler
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through."
- "If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring."
- "[A] blue roan, a kind of dog that Jennifer had never seen before. She asked Tim what it was, and he said it was a "heeler", but when she pressed him to say if that was a breed or not, he could not tell her. It was a heeler because it went for the heels of the cattle and not their heads, apparently."
- "The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding."
Etymology
Usage
- Australian usage
- American usage
- Dated
- Slang