heeler
Americannoun
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See ward heeler
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a person or thing that heels
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a dog that herds cattle by biting at their heels
Etymology
Origin of heeler
Example Sentences
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Luckily, the 2½-year-old Australian blue heeler, or cattle dog, the same breed as Bluey in the eponymous hit TV show, has not lost his signature sparkle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Bluey is a blue heeler dog, who lives with her mum, dad and little sister, Bingo.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024
She likes “Bluey,” an Australian cartoon about a blue heeler cattle dog, and “Blippi,” a children’s show on YouTube, which her father described as a “modern-day Pee-wee Herman.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
A 79-year-old widow from the tiny community of Sapello left her house and a blue heeler cattle dog for a doctor’s appointment, with boxes packed for possible evacuation with jewelry and her 1964 wedding photos.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022
The dumbest ward heeler was smart enough to know that time, no matter what else it did, passed, and that the school boy of today was the voter of tomorrow.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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