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spring-heel 

A particularly agile, athletic and elusive thief.
Named after so called "Spring-heel Jack" a notorious pickpocket and burglar, active in Manchester(England) in the 1950's
Jack(Spring-heel)McMaster was finally caught in 1959 after committing an estimated 900+ offences. Though he never used violence,being too fast to be caught,he was sentenced to 8 years in gaol. He escaped from Strangeways gaol after 3 days and was never apprehended again.
It's generally safe in Barcelona, but you've got to watch out for spring-heels.
Be careful ...watch out for spring-heels !!
He's OK, but he's a bit of a spring-heel Jack (said as a term of endearment)
spring-heel by Marshallasthefish December 10, 2007
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Driver’s Heel 

“Driver’s Heel” is an unsightly area on a shoe, where part of the heel on the right shoe is rubbed off from driving with your shoe scraping against the floor of the car while pushing on the gas pedal.
Nancy didn’t realize she had a bad case of driver’s heel on her good pair of shoes, but all her co-workers noticed and would snicker behind her back.
Driver’s Heel by Julesheart March 5, 2023
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Head Over Heels 

When you're incredibly in love with someone that you see them and your heart goes one hundred miles per hour.
Angel is head over heels for ashley
Head Over Heels by Sharkisha Cole December 1, 2018
(Dutch Germanic origin) : noun : transitive verb
1. A feeling of extreme repugnance for someone or something.
2. To dislike something with deep emotion.
The man hekels those that mispronounce hekel as heckle and assume they share meaning.
hekel by chalupabatmanthe3rd December 31, 2013

helium heels 

a gay guy who likes to be on the bottom.usally a derogatory term.
"oh that guy acts all butch,but when you get him home he has helium heels"
helium heels by kenny browne September 3, 2006

Heel scuff 

Having to shit so bad, you're about to shit yourself. So you clench your ass shut and try to walk until you get to a toilet to relieve yourself.
I had to shit so bad, I heel scuffed down the hallway till I found a restroom!
Heel scuff by DMU77 May 19, 2015

Heel Turn 

When a person completely and suddenly, and often shockingly, goes from good to evil. The term came from professional wrestling to refer when a face (good guy) turned his back on the fans and became a bad guy (heel).
Anna: Kiss me, only an act of true love can save me.
*HEEL TURN*
Hans: True love? I just wanted to marry into your family and steal the throne! Now I'll leave you to die.
Heel Turn by usvartj May 13, 2014