Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of heel
comparative more heeled · superlative most heeled
- slangWealthy; having enough money.First known use 19th c.
I have a large apt. could accommodate you. Tell Neal to come too if he is heeled.
1949 September 26, William S. Burroughs, “To Jack Kerouac”, in Oliver Harris, editor, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, published 1993, →ISBN, page 53
Origin
Translations
Finnish -korkoinen, varustautunut
- -korkoinenhaving a heel, often of a specified type
- varustautunutprepared, especially armed with a weapon
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heeled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heeled
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