Meanings
nounspike heel (plural spike heels)
plural spike heels
- A very tall, narrow heel on a shoe.
He had pleaded with her to come back to the yacht to discuss things away from the DJ and the cocktails and eavesdropping jet set, but she had turned on her spike heels and disappeared.
2007, Tasmina Perry, Daddy's Girls, page 473Synonyms: stiletto heel
- A shoe with such a heel.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very tall, narrow heel on a shoe.
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Translations
French talon aiguille, talon aiguille
- talon aiguillevery tall, narrow heel of a shoe
- talon aiguillea shoe with such a heel
German Bleistiftabsatz, Pfennigabsatz
- Bleistiftabsatzvery tall, narrow heel of a shoe
- Pfennigabsatzvery tall, narrow heel of a shoe
- Stilettoa shoe with such a heel
- Stöckelschuha shoe with such a heel
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spike heel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spike%20heel
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“spike heel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spike%20heel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spike heel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spike%20heel.
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