Hoof
noun
The hard foot of an animal such as a horse, cow, etc.
The horse's hoof needs to be cleaned and checked regularly.
Often appears as...
- horse hoof
- cow hoof
verb
To kick something with force.
He hoofed the soccer ball into the net.
Often appears as...
- hoof the ball
- hoof it out
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To walk or run.
We're going to have to hoof it if we want to catch the last bus.
Often appears as...
- hoof it over
- hoof it back
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The hard foot of an animal such as a horse, cow, etc.
The horse's hoof needs to be cleaned and checked regularly.
Often appears as...
- horse hoof
- cow hoof
verb
To kick something with force.
He hoofed the soccer ball into the net.
Often appears as...
- hoof the ball
- hoof it out
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To walk or run.
We're going to have to hoof it if we want to catch the last bus.
Often appears as...
- hoof it over
- hoof it back
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Specific
Used for certain animals with hard feet, not all animals.
Cows and horses have hooves, but dogs don't.
Pro Tip 2/3Care Necessity
Hooves require regular care for the animal's wellbeing.
The farrier trims the horse's hooves every six weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Paw
Incorrect to call a hoof a paw; they are distinct.
Unlike a cat's paw, a horse's hoof can't grasp objects.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Specific
Used for certain animals with hard feet, not all animals.
Cows and horses have hooves, but dogs don't.
Pro Tip 2/3Care Necessity
Hooves require regular care for the animal's wellbeing.
The farrier trims the horse's hooves every six weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Paw
Incorrect to call a hoof a paw; they are distinct.
Unlike a cat's paw, a horse's hoof can't grasp objects.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Specific
Used for certain animals with hard feet, not all animals.
Cows and horses have hooves, but dogs don't.
Pro Tip 2/3Care Necessity
Hooves require regular care for the animal's wellbeing.
The farrier trims the horse's hooves every six weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Paw
Incorrect to call a hoof a paw; they are distinct.
Unlike a cat's paw, a horse's hoof can't grasp objects.
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Every Animal Deserves a...
we need to protect giant tracts of habitat this is a this is one of the remarkable things about about zoos people don't realize is that they are conservation centers now good zoos conservation centers not simple menageries anymore fact this female she had lost her hoof in a poacher's snare she would have been killed and eaten by
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Jeff Bezos: The...
a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,
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Lions: Cute Cubs to Apex...
sharp eyes and hearing help them to hone in on prey it's interesting because they approaching it from behind because they know the scary bits in the front where the ears off because when they when they do come across game especially with zebras they'll sometimes bite the cubs and they use a front hooves to actually
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Double the Lion Prides –...
of you could help us with had info I really appreciate that and what happened was the lioness got up and started stalking we weren't sure what because it was very thick vegetation like this and we heard the ambush kind of take place and we heard hooves and bushes breaking and all of a sudden and parlour and
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
just can't seem to make up her mind it just shows how difficult life is for a predator here everything that they might want to eat has tusks horns hooves just imagine what it would be like if every single time you wanted to have a meal you had to put your life at risk that's
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What cameras see that...
"Look, ma! No hooves!" Since then, photography has found its way into all aspects of math and science. It enhances our understanding of a world we thought we could already see, but it's one which we really need help to see a little better.
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Folding way-new origami...
gone in the modern world naturalism detail you can get horns antlers even if you look close cloven hooves and it raises a question what changed what and what changed is something you might not have expected in an art which is math
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The math and magic of...
This, too, is origami, and this shows where we've gone in the modern world. Naturalism. Detail. You can get horns, antlers -- even, if you look close, cloven hooves. And it raises a what changed?
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Dillie the Deer: Love on...
love comes in the door in many ways quite unexpectedly love came into our life late one chris june evening in the most improbable vehicles tiny hooves of a dying fawn
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The Sneaky Leopard PIPE...
no just can't seem to make up her mind it just shows how difficult life is for a predator here everything that they might want to eat has tusks horns hooves
Video examples
Every Animal Deserves a...
we need to protect giant tracts of habitat this is a this is one of the remarkable things about about zoos people don't realize is that they are conservation centers now good zoos conservation centers not simple menageries anymore fact this female she had lost her hoof in a poacher's snare she would have been killed and eaten by
Video examples
Jeff Bezos: The...
a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,
Video examples
Lions: Cute Cubs to Apex...
sharp eyes and hearing help them to hone in on prey it's interesting because they approaching it from behind because they know the scary bits in the front where the ears off because when they when they do come across game especially with zebras they'll sometimes bite the cubs and they use a front hooves to actually
Video examples
Double the Lion Prides –...
of you could help us with had info I really appreciate that and what happened was the lioness got up and started stalking we weren't sure what because it was very thick vegetation like this and we heard the ambush kind of take place and we heard hooves and bushes breaking and all of a sudden and parlour and
Video examples
Nail-Biting Leopard...
just can't seem to make up her mind it just shows how difficult life is for a predator here everything that they might want to eat has tusks horns hooves just imagine what it would be like if every single time you wanted to have a meal you had to put your life at risk that's
Video examples
What cameras see that...
"Look, ma! No hooves!" Since then, photography has found its way into all aspects of math and science. It enhances our understanding of a world we thought we could already see, but it's one which we really need help to see a little better.
Video examples
Folding way-new origami...
gone in the modern world naturalism detail you can get horns antlers even if you look close cloven hooves and it raises a question what changed what and what changed is something you might not have expected in an art which is math
Video examples
The math and magic of...
This, too, is origami, and this shows where we've gone in the modern world. Naturalism. Detail. You can get horns, antlers -- even, if you look close, cloven hooves. And it raises a what changed?
Video examples
Dillie the Deer: Love on...
love comes in the door in many ways quite unexpectedly love came into our life late one chris june evening in the most improbable vehicles tiny hooves of a dying fawn
Video examples
The Sneaky Leopard PIPE...
no just can't seem to make up her mind it just shows how difficult life is for a predator here everything that they might want to eat has tusks horns hooves
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Sebastian Maniscalco
American Comedian
One of my biggest pet peeves is when a guy's wearing flip-flop sandals, which I don't understand. Men's feet are disgusting to begin with, but now they're on display when I try to go out for a nice steak at a restaurant, and I have to sit there and look at some guy's hoof? I don't get it. I don't understand it.
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Rachel Simmons
American Author
What teens share online is dwarfed by what they consume. Pre-Internet, you had to hoof it to the grocery store to find a magazine with celebrity bodies - or at least filch your mother's copy from the bathroom. Now the pictures are as endless as they are available.
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Noel Fielding
English Comedian
I played football for a long time when I was a kid, and then I went to art college and turned my back on it. Because of that, my toes are mangled; they've been broken. They're like hooves or talons. They're disgusting. I'd never get them out.
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Tyne Daly
American Actress
In sixth and seventh grade, my two best friends and I pretended to be horses. Every day after school, we would gallop around, whinnying and stamping our hooves and tossing our manes - for hours.
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Tim Cahill
American Writer
It's often hilarious to me that I'm writing about Tonga or some tropical place and there's a blizzard outside and the cows are on their backs with their hooves in the air.
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Rudolph Valentino
Italian Actor
I used to go to the stables and fool with the mules. My mother lived in constant fear that I might be brought home with a hoof print on my stomach.
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Pamela Hansford Johnson
English Critic
You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
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Jean Paul
German Author
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.
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John Fusco
American Writer
Horse thunder' is what I call the sound of galloping hooves.
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Sebastian Maniscalco
American Comedian
One of my biggest pet peeves is when a guy's wearing flip-flop sandals, which I don't understand. Men's feet are disgusting to begin with, but now they're on display when I try to go out for a nice steak at a restaurant, and I have to sit there and look at some guy's hoof? I don't get it. I don't understand it.
Quote examples
Rachel Simmons
American Author
What teens share online is dwarfed by what they consume. Pre-Internet, you had to hoof it to the grocery store to find a magazine with celebrity bodies - or at least filch your mother's copy from the bathroom. Now the pictures are as endless as they are available.
Quote examples
Noel Fielding
English Comedian
I played football for a long time when I was a kid, and then I went to art college and turned my back on it. Because of that, my toes are mangled; they've been broken. They're like hooves or talons. They're disgusting. I'd never get them out.
Quote examples
Tyne Daly
American Actress
In sixth and seventh grade, my two best friends and I pretended to be horses. Every day after school, we would gallop around, whinnying and stamping our hooves and tossing our manes - for hours.
Quote examples
Tim Cahill
American Writer
It's often hilarious to me that I'm writing about Tonga or some tropical place and there's a blizzard outside and the cows are on their backs with their hooves in the air.
Quote examples
Rudolph Valentino
Italian Actor
I used to go to the stables and fool with the mules. My mother lived in constant fear that I might be brought home with a hoof print on my stomach.
Quote examples
Pamela Hansford Johnson
English Critic
You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
Quote examples
Jean Paul
German Author
There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.
Quote examples
John Fusco
American Writer
Horse thunder' is what I call the sound of galloping hooves.
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