A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs. / A quick runner. / A dog that readily comes to heel. / (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing). / (transitive) To throw, cast. / (intransitive) To rise and fall. / (transitive) To utter with effort.

An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

(transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges. / (transitive) To obstruct or surround. / (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.

The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others. / (law) An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.

(finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets).

(idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather. / (US, weather broadcasting) Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

A type of fish found in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coasts of Europe, Sparus aurata.

(in the negative) To fail to make head or tail of; not to understand at all.