hoof
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hoof
- /hʊf/ US
- /huːf/ US
Rhymes with -uːf, -ʊf
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
noun hooves · hoofs
- The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering. […] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
- The human foot. Get your hooves off me!
- An ungula.
- The heel of a loaf of bread.
verb hoofs · hoofing · hoofed · hoove
- To trample with hooves.
- To walk.
- To dance, especially as a professional.
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To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
More minutes drifted by. Pierrot had another chance - and missed. At one point the ball fell to Andy Robertson and instead of taking his time and clearing, he hoofed it away as if his life depended on it. His football life, for sure.
Similar: boot
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hoof it, leg it, foot, clog, shoe, stool, hoop, livestock, deck, hove, cloven, haugh, hoppe, hoff, rattles, shodden
Translations
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noun tip of a toe of ungulates
| Español | pezuña, casco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 굽 gup, 발굽 balgup |
| 日本語 | 蹄 hizume |
| 中文 | 蹄 tí, 蹢 dí |
| हिन्दी | खुर khur |
| Kiswahili | ukwato |
| Português | casco, pata, pezunho |
| Français | sabot |
| Deutsch | Huf |
| Italiano | zoccolo |
| Ελληνικά | οπλή oplí |
| Română | copită |
| Русский | копы́то kopýto |
| Tiếng Việt | guốc, móng |
| العربية | حافِر ḥāfir, ظِلْف ẓilf, خُفّ ḵuff |
| עברית | פַּרְסָה parsá |
Talk about this word "hoof." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hoof. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hoof. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hoof "hoof." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hoof.Cite this
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title = {hoof},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hoof},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
