hoof

5 definitions found

hoof - 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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  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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hoof - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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

hoof - 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).

hoof - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "hoof":
     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