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▪ I. ‖ heil, int.|haɪl| [Ger., = hail!] Used in the expression Heil Hitler! by the Germans during the Nazi regime. Also transf., and as n. So heil v., to give the Nazi salute; heiled ppl. a. ski-heil!: good skiing!
1927E. Hemingway Men without Women (1928) 182 ‘Ski-heil!’ said the innkeeper. ‘Heil!’ we said. 1937Nation 31 July 114/2 The weekly scene of heiling. 1937A. S. Neill That Dreadful School i. 20 In the absence of a government I herewith declare myself Dictator. Heil Neill! 1938[see click v.1 2 a]. 1939Journal (Topeka, Kans.) 20 Apr. 1/7 Germany heils Hitler on fiftieth birthday. 1939S. Spender tr. Toller's Pastor Hall i. 48 Extending your arm like a crane and yelling, ‘Heil Hitler.’ 1940Time 15 Apr. 43/1 One of the most widely heiled of German sculptors. 1942E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. §5. 234 An obnoxious young man..said ‘Heil Mosley.’ 1961J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxiii. 241 When the Germans marched into the city, I danced in the streets..and shouted, ‘Heil Hitler!’ until my lungs were hoarse. 1965Eva-Lis Wuorio Z for Zaborra vi. v. 175 The man..gave..a sharp salute. ‘Leader and blood brother,’ he heiled. ▪ II. heil(e obs. f. hail a. and v.2; Sc. var. heal. ▪ III. heil obs. form of heel. |