Meaning of Heeler | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   Australia
5. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
   US, dated, slang
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.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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