Hoof Definition

ho͝of, ho͝of
hoofed, hoofing, hooves
noun
hooves
The horny covering on the feet of ungulate mammals.
Webster's New World
The entire foot of such an animal.
Webster's New World
The human foot.
Webster's New World

(slang) The human foot.

Wiktionary

(geometry, dated) An ungula.

Wiktionary
verb
hoofed, hoofing
To kick or trample with the hoofs.
Webster's New World
To walk.
Webster's New World
To dance.
Webster's New World

(colloquial, soccer) To kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

Wiktionary
idiom
hoof it
  • To walk.
  • To dance.
American Heritage
on the hoof
  • Not yet butchered; alive. Used especially of cattle.
American Heritage
on the hoof
  • not yet butchered; alive
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hoof

Noun

Singular:
hoof
Plural:
hooves, hoofs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hoof

Origin of Hoof

  • From Middle English, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish and Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Russian копыто (kopýto) 'hoof', копать (kopát’) 'to dig', Avestan (safa, “hoof”), Sanskrit शफ (śapháḥ, “hoof, claw”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hof from Old English hōf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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