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hoof
[ hoof, hoof ]
noun
- the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- the entire foot of a horse, donkey, etc.
- Older Use. a hoofed animal, especially one of a herd.
- Informal. the human foot.
verb (used with object)
- Slang. to walk (often followed by it ):
Let's hoof it to the supermarket.
verb (used without object)
- Slang. to dance, especially to tap-dance:
He's been hoofing at the Palladium.
hoof
/ ː /
noun
- the horny covering of the end of the foot in the horse, deer, and all other ungulate mammals
- ( in combination ) ungular
a hoofbeat
- the foot of an ungulate mammal
- a hoofed animal
- facetious.a person's foot
- on the hoof
- (of livestock) alive
- in an impromptu manner
he did his thinking on the hoof
verb
- tr to kick or trample with the hoofs
- hoof it slang.
- to walk
- to dance
Derived Forms
- ˈǴǴˌ, adjective
- ˈǴǴڱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ǴǴi·Ա noun
- ǴǴl adjective
- ǴǴl adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hoof1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hoof1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the hoof, (of livestock) not butchered; live:
The city youngsters were seeing lambs on the hoof for the first time.
Example Sentences
A few moments later, Grant Hanley played an agricultural hoof down the park, the ball careering out of play with no Scotsman in sight.
But Wales remained their own worst enemy, Kayleigh Powell, playing in a new position at centre, was caught in possession which allowed Thomson to hoof the ball downfield.
Several times against Scotland and France, they grumbled as Alex Mitchell or Fin Smith lined up a skywards hoof.
Or Nate the hoof guy, who cleans the hooves of cows and horses.
Of the clip-clop sound of horses hoofing by.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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