# heeler

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #99,354

## 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.
5. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
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.

## Etymology
From heel + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heeler