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Definition hoof

Etymology

From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English h?f, from Proto-Germanic *h?faz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *?oph?ós (compare Sanskrit ?? (?aphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan ????‎ (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).

Noun

hoof (plural hoofs or hooves)

1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
2. (slang) The human foot.
3. (geometry, dated) An ungula.

Verb

hoof (third-person singular simple present hoofs, present participle hoofing, simple past and past participle hoofed)

1. To trample with hooves.
2. (colloquial) To walk.
3. (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
4. (colloquial, football (soccer), transitive) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

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