Footfall
noun
The sound of someone stepping or walking.
I heard the footfall of someone approaching in the darkness.
Often appears as...
- quiet footfall
- loud footfall
noun
The amount of people entering into a store or business over a period of time.
The shopping mall has seen an increase in footfall since the new store opened.
Often appears as...
- increase in footfall
- decrease in footfall
noun
The sound of someone stepping or walking.
I heard the footfall of someone approaching in the darkness.
Often appears as...
- quiet footfall
- loud footfall
noun
The amount of people entering into a store or business over a period of time.
The shopping mall has seen an increase in footfall since the new store opened.
Often appears as...
- increase in footfall
- decrease in footfall
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Stealthy Presence
Footfall often implies discretion or quietness in someone's steps, signalling stealth or caution.
The thief's footfall was nearly silent as he snuck past the sleeping guard.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense Atmosphere
Use 'footfall' to create suspense or indicate an ominous presence in storytelling.
The footfall behind her quickened, her heart racing in response.
Pro Tip 3/3Human or Animal
Footfall can refer to both humans and larger animals, but it's typically not used for small pets.
The horse's footfall thundered across the plain.
Pro Tip 1/3Stealthy Presence
Footfall often implies discretion or quietness in someone's steps, signalling stealth or caution.
The thief's footfall was nearly silent as he snuck past the sleeping guard.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense Atmosphere
Use 'footfall' to create suspense or indicate an ominous presence in storytelling.
The footfall behind her quickened, her heart racing in response.
Pro Tip 3/3Human or Animal
Footfall can refer to both humans and larger animals, but it's typically not used for small pets.
The horse's footfall thundered across the plain.
Pro Tip 1/3Stealthy Presence
Footfall often implies discretion or quietness in someone's steps, signalling stealth or caution.
The thief's footfall was nearly silent as he snuck past the sleeping guard.
Pro Tip 2/3Tense Atmosphere
Use 'footfall' to create suspense or indicate an ominous presence in storytelling.
The footfall behind her quickened, her heart racing in response.
Pro Tip 3/3Human or Animal
Footfall can refer to both humans and larger animals, but it's typically not used for small pets.
The horse's footfall thundered across the plain.
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How we can eat our...
and the story of pollinators and it's a route that we designed that takes people through the whole of our town past our cafes and our small shops through our market not just to and fro from the supermarket and we're hoping that in changing people's footfall around our
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Pam Warhurst: How we can...
of pollinators, and it's a route that we designed that takes people through the whole of our town, past our cafes and our small shops, through our market, not just to and fro from the supermarket, and we're hoping that, in changing people's footfall
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camouflage and their ability to stand still he has lost sight of them he knows that they're here he probably heard them little footfalls the drop of some dung on the ground but he's looking around as if he has lost them all together if he
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
herds of Impala one on the right and one on the left and he's going very low he's not being very stealthy at the moment but cats like to use the roads to mask their scent with regards the footfalls but he doesn't seem to be too bothered
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
so the lines are very alert you see how they might look like there might be quite sleepy but their heads are up and they're listening they're very alert to the sounds in the wilderness and they would listen for the footfalls of any
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Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
his footfalls as well oh sorry I'm trying to control my excitement here as well but the situation with these impalas like I mentioned they're all males which kind of helps in the way that they'll sometimes jostle between
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
means so the only thing that's going to make him wake up would be unfamiliar or potentially threatening sounds or potentially advantageous arts like the snort of an Impala or the footfall of it
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Why are these 32 symbols...
You now walk the same path as these early artists. And in this surreal, otherworldly place, it's almost possible to imagine that you hear the muffled footfall of skin boots on soft earth,
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
David like well done just like it's a kind of plant that grows very commonly here but on sites that are disturbs are they disturbed by grazing or by a footfalls of hooves and in this case
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These Divers Search For...
inside that basket he had put soil and that soil came from the site that was the last footfall of people on the African continent before being ordered to ships
Video examples
How we can eat our...
and the story of pollinators and it's a route that we designed that takes people through the whole of our town past our cafes and our small shops through our market not just to and fro from the supermarket and we're hoping that in changing people's footfall around our
Video examples
Pam Warhurst: How we can...
of pollinators, and it's a route that we designed that takes people through the whole of our town, past our cafes and our small shops, through our market, not just to and fro from the supermarket, and we're hoping that, in changing people's footfall
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
camouflage and their ability to stand still he has lost sight of them he knows that they're here he probably heard them little footfalls the drop of some dung on the ground but he's looking around as if he has lost them all together if he
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
herds of Impala one on the right and one on the left and he's going very low he's not being very stealthy at the moment but cats like to use the roads to mask their scent with regards the footfalls but he doesn't seem to be too bothered
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
so the lines are very alert you see how they might look like there might be quite sleepy but their heads are up and they're listening they're very alert to the sounds in the wilderness and they would listen for the footfalls of any
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 368 PIPE...
his footfalls as well oh sorry I'm trying to control my excitement here as well but the situation with these impalas like I mentioned they're all males which kind of helps in the way that they'll sometimes jostle between
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
means so the only thing that's going to make him wake up would be unfamiliar or potentially threatening sounds or potentially advantageous arts like the snort of an Impala or the footfall of it
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
You now walk the same path as these early artists. And in this surreal, otherworldly place, it's almost possible to imagine that you hear the muffled footfall of skin boots on soft earth,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
David like well done just like it's a kind of plant that grows very commonly here but on sites that are disturbs are they disturbed by grazing or by a footfalls of hooves and in this case
Video examples
These Divers Search For...
inside that basket he had put soil and that soil came from the site that was the last footfall of people on the African continent before being ordered to ships
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Ronnie Screwvala
Indian Businessman
Multiplexes need to be partners in increasing footfalls, but they have been too focused - maybe rightly so - in expanding their footprint of screens, because we are such an under-screened country.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.
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Sriram Raghavan
Indian Director
Badlapur' was my first film that did well, commercially. People have also watched the other films that I have made, but they didn't bring in the footfall.
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Nushrat Bharucha
Indian Actress
The reason why a filmmaker will invest in a male actor is because he will be able to sustain footfalls in the theatre till he turns 50.
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Ronnie Screwvala
Indian Businessman
Multiplexes need to be partners in increasing footfalls, but they have been too focused - maybe rightly so - in expanding their footprint of screens, because we are such an under-screened country.
Quote examples
Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.
Quote examples
Sriram Raghavan
Indian Director
Badlapur' was my first film that did well, commercially. People have also watched the other films that I have made, but they didn't bring in the footfall.
Quote examples
Nushrat Bharucha
Indian Actress
The reason why a filmmaker will invest in a male actor is because he will be able to sustain footfalls in the theatre till he turns 50.
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