high heels

plural noun

: shoes with high heels

Examples of high heels in a Sentence

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Gannon also testified that agents found a pair of red high heels and cellphones stuffed inside a Balenciaga boot. Janelle Griffith, People.com, 21 May 2025 Driven by a repetitive accordion hook, the song has Serduchka marching around the stage in high heels with a big star on her head. Nick Allen, Vulture, 13 May 2025 Initial reaction: Why is everything so aggressively slanted, as if the word WSL is tumbling down a mountainside in high heels? Megan Feringa, New York Times, 12 May 2025 Frequent pressure from shoes that are too small or that have high heels can repeatedly injure the toenail bed, called microtraumas. Sarah Hudgens, Health, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high heels

Word History

First Known Use

1671, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high heels was in 1671

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“High heels.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20heels. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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