hoof
To trample with hoovesTo trample with hooves.
» I'm not hoofing it.
Я не собираюсь идти пешком.
Я не собираюсь топать пешком.
Meaning
4 sensesTo trample with hooves.
(colloquial)To walk.
walk
(informal)To dance, especially as a professional.
dance in a professional capacity
(colloquial, transitive)To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
Examples
31 sentencesI'm not hoofing it.
ruЯ не собираюсь идти пешком.
If nobody gives us a ride, we'll have to hoof it.
Якщо нас ніхто не підвезе, то ми будемо змушені йти пішки
ruЕсли никто нас не подвезёт, придётся топать пешком.
Hippogriff hooves make the finest gelatin.
deAus den Hufen des Hippogryph lässt sich die feinste Gelatine herstellen.
The shoe fell off the horse's hoof.
ruПодкова спала с копыта лошади.
Tom hoofed the ball up the pitch.
deTom drosch den Ball in Richtung des gegnerischen Tores.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-GerInherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
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Forms
hoofs, hoofing, hoofed, hoofedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle