hoof
/hʊf/ verb C2- To trample with hooves.
- To walk.
- To dance, especially as a professional.
- To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
He/she/it hoofs · Past hoofed · Past participle hoofed · -ing form hoofing
Verb forms
- Base form
- hoof
- He/she/it
- hoofs
- Past
- hoofed
- Past participle
- hoofed
- -ing form
- hoofing
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There were the marks of the horse’s hoofs, too, the outline of one of which was far more clearly cut than that of the other three, showing that that was a new shoe.
At precisely six o’clock the clatter of horses’ hoofs was heard at the entrance door; it was our captain of Spahis, who had arrived on Médéah.
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