单词 | round-heeled |
释义 | round-heeledadj. 1. That has a rounded heel. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > types of long-footed1552 tender-footed1682 flat1697 round-heeled1772 neat-footed1870 cat-footed1883 1772 S. Freeman Farrier's Vade Mecum lxvi. 117 If a Horse be naturally Round-heeled. 1850 Boston Daily Atlas 20 Sept. She had a round-heeled rudder with some new backing on it. 1908 W. Johnson Folk-memory 199 It must be confessed that the round-heeled gun-flint and strike-a-light of France seem to link up a little better with the horse-shoe scraper. 1958 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 88 148 The Corkey vessel was associated with a round-heeled riveted dagger and a small bronze knife was found with the vessel from Keenoge, Co. Meath. 2008 R. Karnopp Wind Song i. 19 First, look at the footprints. They ain't boots, they're moccasins. By the looks of them—round, narrow instep, round-heeled, with no fringes dragging on the ground, they'd be Crow. 2. Originally U.S. (Cf. round heel n.) a. Easily persuaded, outwitted, or overpowered. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective] > accepting without question mistrustless1586 unsuspicious1586 unmistrustful1587 unmistrusting1595 unsuspecting1595 unsuspicious1595 suspectless1605 implicit faith1610 distrustless1611 confidenta1616 suspicionlessc1650 undistrustful1654 unspeculative1660 unquestioning1697 unsuspectful1781 pin-faith1800 questionless1821 unspeculating1828 unsceptical1851 round-heeled1920 pistic1923 1920 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 1 Oct. 10/7 ‘The gambler goes around and fixed up a round-heeled series.’ ‘What's that?’ ‘A push over. A man with round heels can be pushed over very easily.’ 1955 Washington Post 23 Sept. 61/1 The Rock fears nothing physical, but he knows that fighters wind up round-heeled sometimes, and that, he fears. 1985 B. J. Wattenberg Good News is Bad News is Wrong (rev. ed.) xxxiii. 254 Do we really need—or want—round-heeled labor unions? Or round-heeled government regulators? Or protectionism? 2010 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 25 Apr. 106 The Labor state and territory leaders..showed nothing but round-heeled acquiescence to party politics. b. Of a woman: sexually promiscuous; giving in easily to demands for sexual intercourse. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) strumpeta1382 jadish1573 comingc1576 short heeled1591 loose in the hilts1598 loose-legged1598 loose-tailed1598 light-tailed1600 overscutched1600 stuprous1603 light-skirted1607 brothelly1608 light-heeled1611 wagtailed1648 loose-hilteda1652 feather-heeleda1674 loose-gowneda1717 frank1744 shake-tail1782 (a woman) of a certain description1803 hetaeric1868 round-heeled1926 floozy?1930 trampy1944 slack1951 slaggy1973 1926 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 1 Apr. 3/2 She hated all the generations of round-heeled daughters of Eve by whose records man could prove his rooster boast. 1957 J. Kerr Please don't eat Daisies 118 I know I'm just a broad, Mike. I'm a round-heeled babe. 1975 ‘R. Rostand’ D'Artagnan Signature (1976) xiv. 83 You said that as if I'm some round-heeled little chippie who dragged you to the floor. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 85 The restaurant business does have somewhat more relaxed mores about casual sex, and there are a number of round-heeled waitresses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1772 |
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