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hoof in English
- hoof⇄adj. hoofless, hooflike.
- hoof⇄expr. hoof it, (Informal.) to go on foot; walk.
Ex. Back by the shore, men in bulky ""thermo clothes"" and fur hoods hoofed it gingerly on snowshoes or skis across snow-roofed crevasses (Newsweek). - hoof⇄expr. on the hoof, not killed and butchered; alive.
Ex. He is majoring on live stock as a money crop, selling milk, hogs on the hoof (Baltimore Sun). - hoof⇄expr. pad the hoof, (Slang.) to go on foot; walk along on one's way.
Ex. Charley Bates expressed his opinion that it was time to pad the hoof (Dickens). - hoof⇄hoof, noun, pl.hoofsorhooves,verb.
- hoof⇄noun 1. the hard, horny covering on the feet of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and some other animals.
Ex. The horses' hoofs clattered over the pavement.
2. the whole foot of such animals.
Ex. The dogs nipped the hoofs of the sheep to dr - hoof⇄v.i. (Informal.)1. to go on foot; walk.
2. to dance. - hoof⇄v.t. 1. to strike with the hoof.
2. (Especially British.) to dismiss; expel.