hoof

UK /hʊf/ US /hʊf/
noun 4verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

The human foot.

Get your hooves off me!

He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.

3

An ungula.

4

The heel of a loaf of bread.

verb

1

To trample with hooves.

2

To walk.

3

To dance, especially as a professional.

4

To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

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