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Definitions for Hooves

[1] a plural of hoof.
[2] the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
[3] the entire foot of a horse, donkey, etc.
[4] Older Use . a hoofed animal, especially one of a herd.
[5] Informal . the human foot.
[6] Slang . to walk (often followed by it ): Let's hoof it to the supermarket.
[7] Slang . to dance, especially to tap-dance: He's been hoofing at the Palladium.
[8] a plural of hoof
[9] the horny covering of the end of the foot in the horse, deer, and all other ungulate mammals (in combination ) a hoofbeat Related adjective: ungular
[10] the foot of an ungulate mammal
[11] a hoofed animal
[12] facetious a person's foot
[13] on the hoof (of livestock) alive in an impromptu manner he did his thinking on the hoof
[14] (tr) to kick or trample with the hoofs
[15] hoof it slang to walk to dance

Words related to Hooves

paw, ungulate, frog, tramp, foot, cleft, unguis, cloven, ungula

Words nearby Hooves

hoover's sign, hoover, herbert, hoover, j. edgar, hooverville, hoovervilles, hooves, hop, hop clover, hop hornbeam, hop into, hop to it

Origin of Hooves

fbefore 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English hōf; cognate with Old Frisian hōf, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Old Norse hōfr; compare Sanskrit śaphas

Other words from Hooves

hoof·i·ness , noun
hoof·less , adjective
hoof·like , adjective

Word origin for Hooves

fOld English hōf; related to Old Norse hōfr, Old High German huof (German Huf ), Sanskrit saphás

Synonyms for Hooves

paw, cleft, cloven, foot, frog, tramp, unguis, ungulate, ungula