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hoof

/hʊf/noun, verb1 syllable

Hoof means: walk.

Synonyms for hoof4

verb, as in walk

foot, leg it, hoof it

also used for hoof

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What does hoof mean?4

verb

1

walk“let's hoof it to the disco”

2

dance in a professional capacity

noun

1

the foot of an ungulate mammal

2

the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hoof?6

one syllable

proofroofwoofspoofgoof

two syllables

aloof
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Hoof in a sentence

  • If nobody gives us a ride, we'll have to hoof it.rul
  • The farrier fitted the shoe to the horse's hoof while the shoe was hot.Hybrid
  • Benedito carefully removed a thorn from the kid's hoof and bandaged it up.Amastan
  • The goat playfully kicked a soccer ball with its hoof.Amastan
  • The shoe fell off the horse's hoof.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of hoof

as a noun

plural
hooves

as a verb

third-person singular
hoofs
present participle
hoofing
past participle
hoofed
past tense
hoofed