hoof
verb/huːf/
/huːf/
(informal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they hoof | /huːf/ /huːf/ |
| he / she / it hoofs | /huːfs/ /huːfs/ |
| past simple hoofed | /huːft/ /huːft/ |
| past participle hoofed | /huːft/ /huːft/ |
| -ing form hoofing | /ˈhuːfɪŋ/ /ˈhuːfɪŋ/ |
- hoof something to kick a ball very hard or a long wayWord OriginOld English hōf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoef and German Huf.
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Idioms
See hoof in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhoof it
- (informal) to go somewhere on foot; to walk somewhere
- We hoofed it all the way to 42nd Street.
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