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View synonyms for spike heel

spike heel

[ spahyk heel ]

noun

  1. a very high heel that tapers to a narrow base, used on women's shoes, sandals, and boots.
  2. a shoe, sandal, or boot with such a heel.


spike heel

noun

  1. a very high heel on a woman's shoe, tapering to a very narrow tip Often shortened tospike Also called (esp Brit)stilettostiletto heel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spike heel1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

A: It’s actually Jimmy Choos with a spike heel that I love.

The mighty Valkyries don’t fly through the sky, but bray around a waiting room in spike heels, flame-colored nouveau riche outfits and cosmetic surgery bandages.

Emmanuelle Alt, the editor of French Vogue for a decade, with her sweep of rock star hair obscuring one eye, her skinny jeans, spike heels and military jackets?

It shows a burly, bearded man — a bear — fancied up and prancing in curvy platinum wig, billowy dress and spike heels, mimicking Johnson’s statue.

Platform spike heels become an obvious metaphor for relearning how to strut.

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