on the hoof
Of livestock, not yet butchered.
[…]he is hereby directed to purchase, and have in Readiness by the First Day of July next, Two Hundred good draught Horses, Thirty Hogsheads of Rum, Ninety Thousand Weight of Beef
hoof
/hʊf/
noun 4verb 4
Collocations
3VERB + HOOF
padded
HOOF + NOUN
hours, shoe
PREP.
from, off, with
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — walk
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
beef to the hoof
fat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.
Example Bank
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[…] 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.
Wiktionary02
Get your hooves off me!
Wiktionary03
He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.
Wiktionary04
I am so exhausted because I have padded the hoof for 4 hours.
Tatoeba · #6359705
The farrier fitted the shoe to the horse's hoof while the shoe was hot.
Tatoeba · #233323606
The shoe fell off the horse's hoof.
Tatoeba · #3871353Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, hoof is marked as derogatory, slang, dated, informal, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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