hoof

Speech parts

1. hoof - Noun

2. hoof - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

foot hoof it arch paw tramp hand sole frog step dance leg walk pace kick boot
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Antonyms

fly drive motor spin sail cruise
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Hypernyms

dance foot walk trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe unguis

Hyponyms

cloven hoof cloven foot horse's foot

Phrases with the word

on the hoof horse's hoof having an undivided hoof bifurcated hoof bisected hoof rear hoof

Derivatives

hoofs hooves

Examples

While 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

Close letter words and terms

hoody hooer hooey hoof ailment hoof and mouth hoof condition