Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hoof \Hoof\, n.
{On the hoof}, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not
slaughtered. Hook \Hook\, n. (Geog.)
A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at
the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.
Hoof \Hoof\, n.; pl. {Hoofs}, very rarely {Hooves}. [OE. hof,
AS. h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[=o]fr,
Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [,c]apha.
[root]225.]
1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the
feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
On burnished hooves his war horse trode. --Tennyson.
2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a
hoof be left behind. --Ex. x. 26.
3. (Geom.) See {Ungula}.
Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
1. To walk as cattle. [R.] --William Scott.
2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
{To hoof it}, to foot it.
Source : WordNet®
hoof
n 1: the foot of an ungulate mammal
2: the horny covering of the end of the foot in hoofed mammals
[also: {hooves} (pl)]
hoof
v 1: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: {foot}, {leg it}, {hoof
it}]
2: dance in a professional capacity
[also: {hooves} (pl)]