hooves

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  hooves    hoof  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hooves/huːvz/

plural form of hoof.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hoof/huːf/

▶noun (pl. hoofs or hooves) the horny part of the foot of an ungulate, especially a horse. ▶verb informal

• 1 kick (a ball) powerfully.

• 2 (hoof it) go on foot.

  ■ dance.

– phrases
on the hoof

• 1 (of livestock) not yet slaughtered.

• 2 Brit. informal without proper forethought.

– derivatives
hoofed adjective,
hoofprint noun.

– origin OE hōf, of Gmc origin.