back-heel

A form of backheel — A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.

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Meanings

nounback-heel (plural back-heels)

plural back-heels

  1. alternativeAlternative form of backheel.

    It was Lampard, looking fresh from a three-month lay-off, who opened up the increasingly edgy defence with a delicate back-heel through to Kalou but the Ivorian could only slot the ball wide with the goal at his mercy.

    2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC
verbback-heel (third-person singular simple present back-heels, present participle back-heeling, simple past and past participle back-heeled)

present singular third person back-heels · participle present back-heeling · participle past back-heeled · past back-heeled

  1. alternativeAlternative form of backheel.
Cite this entry
APA

back-heel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-heel

MLA

“back-heel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-heel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back-heel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-heel.

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