English Dictionary

heel turn

/ˈhiːl təːn/

noun

(dance) A ballroom dancing move in which the dancer steps backwards, shifts their weight on to the back foot, and turns on the heel of that foot while holding the other foot close and parallel to it.

She executed a perfect heel turn during her dance performance.

意味（1）

(dance) A ballroom dancing move in which the dancer steps backwards, shifts their weight on to the back foot, and turns on the heel of that foot while holding the other foot close and parallel to it.

The lady's step would then need to be drastically foreshortened, and would degenerate into a heel turn—not infrequent with beginners.

意味（2）

(chiefly skating, snowboarding) A turn executed by shifting weight on to the heel(s).

Undoubtedly my old diagram was wrong in omitting to show cusps for the heel turns: […]

意味（3）

(by extension) An act of turning around abruptly, especially so that one faces the opposite direction.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A radical change (of mind, opinion, etc.).

意味（5）

(professional wrestling) Synonym of heel/face turn (“a situation in which a wrestler previously identified as a villain changes to being considered a hero”)

意味（6）

(by extension) A situation in which someone changes from being a villain into a hero.

More than any other episode to date, “The Last Of The Starks” heralds Daenerys’ heel turn. She’s been poised for it for some time, though the timing varies depending on the character perspective—Varys has always been ready to fly to another camp if he felt something was amiss or he just found a more viable candidate, while Tyrion [Lannister] and Jon [Snow] still want to serve her.