heeler

A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.

A quick runner.

• That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through.

A dog that readily comes to heel.

• If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring.

A dog used for cattle droving.Australia

• [A] blue roan, a kind of dog that Jennifer had never seen before. She asked Tim what it was, and he said it was a "heeler", but when she pressed him to say if that was a breed or not, he could not tell her. It was a heeler because it went f

A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.USdatedslang

• The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.

The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.

A student journalist at Yale University.US