1. hoof - Noun
2. hoof - Verb
The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
A hoofed animal; a beast.
See Ungula.
To walk as cattle.
To be on a tramp; to foot.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhile I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again. Aesop
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada are the horns, the head, the neck, the shins, and the hoof of the ox, and the United States are the ribs, the sirloin, the kidneys, and the rest of the body. William Cobbett
It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof. P. G. Wodehouse
Three things are not to be trusted; a cow's horn, a dog's tooth, and a horse's hoof. Spanish Proverb
The nail supports the hoof, the hoof the horse, the horse the man, the man the world. Arabic Proverb
So many donkeys around, yet we have to hoof it. Persian Proverb