heeler noun¹. ['hi:lǝ] M17.
[from HEEL verb² or noun¹ + -ER¹.]
1. A person who puts heels on shoes. M17.
b. A person who fits spurs to a fighting cock. M19.

2. A person who trips up, undermines, or supplants another. M17.

3. A gamecock that uses its spurs in fighting. L18.

4. A fast runner; one who shows a clean pair of heels. E19.
■ A. B. Paterson Some horses, real heelers..Beat our nags and won our money.
b. A light, fast sailing ship. E20.

5. A person who follows a leader; a (disreputable) follower of a politician. US. L19.
■ H. G. Wells The specialist demagogue, sustained by his gang and his heelers, his spies and secret police.

6. A working dog which urges animals on by nipping at their heels. Also, a nip on the heels. Austral. L19.
blue heeler: see BLUE adjective.

7. Rugby Football. A player who heels the ball out of the scrummage. L19.

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heeler noun². ['hi:lǝ] colloq. L19.
[from HEEL verb¹ + -ER¹.]
A lurch (of a vessel) to one side; a vessel inclined to lurch.

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