heeltap

[heel-tap]

heel·tap

[heel-tap]
noun
1.
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
2.
a small portion of liquor remaining in a glass after drinking or in a bottle after decanting.
3.
dregs, sediment, or residue.

Origin:
1680–90; heel1 + tap1, tap2
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Heeltap is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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heeltap (ˈhiːlˌtæp)
 
n
1.  Also called: lift a layer of leather, etc, in the heel of a shoe
2.  a small amount of alcoholic drink left at the bottom of a glass after drinking

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