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hoof English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word hoof once they have reached the level C2 – Proficient. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning hoof meaning

What does hoof mean?

Definitions in simple English

hoof Noun

— A hoof is a foot of an animal with hard feet. The horseshoes are nailed to the horse's hoofs.

hoof Verb

— If you hoof, you walk. My car is broken so we'll have to hoof it. We'll only be walking 3 blocks.

hoof

— noun the foot of an ungulate mammal

— noun the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals

— verb dance in a professional capacity

— verb (= hoof it) walk let's hoof it to the disco

Synonyms hoof synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as hoof?

hoof English » English

claw

foot

talon

toenail

nail

fingernail

paw

leg it

kick

hoof it

walk

ungulate

ungula

trample

sprag

skid

promenade

leg

hooves

hoofed

footprint

drag

dance

cloven hoof

clootie

chela

buff

brake shoe

brake block

Topics hoof topics

What do people use hoof to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal

• What are the parts of the legs?
  foreleg forefoot forepaw forelimb hind leg hind limb hoof paw claw hock fetlock haunch pastern shank stifle

Work and occupation Animal husbandry Veterinary science

Animal diseases

• What types of animal diseases are there?
  hoof and mouth cowpox

Work and occupation Hunt and fish Hunt

Track an animal

• What words refer to the marks left by an animal on the ground?
  track print footprint paw print hoof print sign trail

Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk

• What words refer to traveling someplace on foot?
  travel by foot foot it hoof it leg it tramp strike off on foot

Examples hoof examples

How do I use hoof in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The farrier fitted the shoe to the horse's hoof while the shoe was hot.

The shoe fell off the horse's hoof.

Movie subtitles

Hoof it!

The trip up here was no pushover. I had to hoof it most of the way.

Black from hoof to plume, the ill-omened knave.

It's hot as Satan's hoof.

Horn and hoof.

Hoof's split.

Indeed, see the hoof marks where our horses tread.

A cloven hoof.

Hoof it. You'll get further orders.

It's like that bull had the whole Milky Way in its hoof.

Was we reactionaries back in them days when you were selling beef cattle for six cents a pound on the hoof?

His shoe has gotten into his hoof.

No, he split his hoof.

If it ain't the drought, the hoof-and-mouth, or blackleg. it's the government throwing a hook into everything.

A horse's hoof man.

The sound of a horse's hoof.

Hoof, hoof.

You can't fool me any more with your hoof, hoof, hoof. or your insomnia or your publisher.

I had to hoof it most of the way.

Look, Jack, they hired me to hoof in the background and that's all they're gonna get.

Jerry's sure game, pure venison from the hoof to the antlers.

I'm a horse's hoof man.

Would you like to touch her hoof?

Round with it, round. Quick draughts, long swallows, men. It's hot as Satan's hoof.

Hoof split.

One hoof, as they say.

News and current affairs

Having faced successive contamination crises in recent years--first BSE and then hoof and mouth disease--we feel particularly insecure about food.