ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Hoof', Synonyms of 'Hoof' & More on 'Hoof'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hoof
    n 1: the foot of an ungulate mammal
    2: the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals
    v 1: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: foot, leg it,
         hoof, hoof it]
    2: dance in a professional capacity

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
   1. To walk as cattle. [R.] --William Scott.
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   2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
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   To hoof it, to foot it.

   On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not
      slaughtered.

   beef on the hoof, live cattle.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hoof \Hoof\ (h[=oo]f), n.; pl. Hoofs (h[=oo]fs), very rarely
   Hooves (h[=oo]vz). [OE. hof, AS. h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef,
   G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[=o]fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf.
   Russ. kopuito, Skr. [,c]apha. [root]225.]
   1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the
      feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
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            On burnished hooves his war horse trode. --Tennyson.
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   2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
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            Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a
            hoof be left behind.                  --Ex. x. 26.
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   3. (Geom.) See Ungula.
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4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Hoof
   a cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence
   also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The "parting
   of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and
   unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).

Thesaurus Results for Hoof:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

ambulate, ankle, arch, circumambulate, clog, clubfoot, dance, digit, dog, extremity, fetlock, foot, foot it, forefoot, forepaw, fox-trot, harefoot, heel, hoof it, hop, instep, jaywalk, jog on, leg, leg it, pace, pad, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, pedestrianize, perambulate, peripateticate, pes, pied, prance, pug, shake, shimmy, shuffle, shuffle along, skip, sole, splayfoot, step, stride, stump it, tap-dance, toe, tootsy, traipse, tread, trip, troop, trotter, ungula, walk, waltz

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