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hoof

  [hoof, hoof] noun, plural hoofs or hooves for 1, 2, 4; hoof for 3, 7; verb
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–noun
1. the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
2. the entire foot of a horse, donkey, etc.
3. Older Use. a hoofed animal, esp. one of a herd.
4. Informal. the human foot.
–verb (used with object)
5. Slang. to walk (often fol. by it): Let's hoof it to the supermarket.
–verb (used without object)
6. Slang. to dance, esp. to tap-dance: He's been hoofing at the Palladium.
—Idiom
7. on the hoof, (of livestock) not butchered; live: The city youngsters were seeing lambs on the hoof for the first time.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE hōf; c. OFris hōf, D hoef, G Huf, ON hōfr; cf. Skt śaphas

Related forms:
hoof⋅i⋅ness, noun
hoofless, adjective
hooflike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

hoof 
O.E. hof, from P.Gmc. *khofaz (cf. O.Fris. hof, Dan. hov, Du. hoef, Ger. Huf "hof"), from PIE *kopos (cf. Skt. saphah "hoof"). For spelling, see hood. Sense of "to walk" (hoof it) is first attested 1641; "to dance" is 1921 Amer.Eng. (in hoofer).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hoof
Pronunciation: 'huf, 'hüf
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hooves /'hüvz, 'huvz/ also hoofs
: a horny covering that protects the ends of the toes of numerous plant-eating 4-footed mammals (as horses or cattle); also : a hoofed foot
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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