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The definition of a hoof is the hard cover on the feet of some mammals such as horses and deer, or is slang for the human foot.
(noun)An example of a hoof is a horse's foot.
Hoof is defined as to walk, kick or trample, or is slang for to dance.
(verb)- An example of hoof is walking quickly down the street.
- An example of hoof is a deer jumping and kicking through the woods.
- An example of hoof is when a professional dancer does a tap dance.
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See hoof in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- the horny covering on the feet of ungulate mammals
- the entire foot of such an animal
- Slang the human foot
Origin: ME hoof < OE hof, akin to Ger huf < IE base *kapho- > Sans aphá-, hoof, claw
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to kick or trample with the hoofs
- Informal to walk: often with it
- Slang to dance
See hoof in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. hooves hooves (ho͝ovz, ho͞ovz) or hoofs
- a. The horny sheath covering the toes or lower part of the foot of a mammal of the orders Perissodactyla and Artiodactyla, such as a horse, ox, or deer.b. The foot of such an animal, especially a horse.
- Slang The human foot.
To trample with the hoofs.
verb, intransitive Slang
- To dance, especially as a professional.
- To go on foot; walk.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English hof
Origin: , from Old English hōf
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