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spring-heeled

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  1. spring-heeledadjective

    Having, or seeming to have, springs on one's heels, and so able to jump much higher than usual.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spring-heeled in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spring-heeled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of spring-heeled in a Sentence

  1. John Moore:

    The other point to remember is that when you're talking about these variants they haven't suddenly grown scissors that will cut their way through masks; they haven't grown spring heeled boots that will bounce them 50 yards between people, they're still coronaviruses and they're still stoppable by the standard procedures that we should all be doing.

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