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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoof
Hoof
(hoōf)
, Noun.
pl.
Hoofs
(hoōfs)
, very rarely Hooves
(hoōvz)
. [OE.
hof
, AS. hōf
; akin to D. hoef
, G. huf
, OHG. huof
, Icel. hōfr
, Sw. hof
, Dan. hov
; cf. Russ. kopuito
, Skr. çapha
. √225.] 1.
The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
On burnished
hooves
his war horse trode. Tennyson.
2.
A hoofed animal; a beast.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a
hoof
be left behind. Ex. x. 26.
Hoof
,Verb.
I.
1.
To walk as cattle.
[R.]
William Scott.
2.
To be on a tramp; to foot.
[Slang, U.S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Hoof
HOOF
, n.1.
The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, &c.2.
An animal; a beast. He had not a single hoof of any kind to slaughter.
HOOF
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
hoof
hoof
English
Noun
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hooves of a horse.
hoof (plural hoofs or hooves)
- The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
- (slang) The human foot.
- Get your hooves off me!
- (geometry, dated) An ungula.
Translations
tip of a toe of ungulates
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Verb
hoof (third-person singular simple present hoofs, present participle hoofing, simple past and past participle hoofed)
- To trample with hooves.
- (colloquial) To walk.
- (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
- (colloquial, football (soccer), transitive) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
Synonyms
- (to kick): boot
Derived terms
- hoofed
- hoofer
- hoof it
- horse's hoof
- on the hoof
- cloven hoof