hoof

Plural: hoofs, hooves

Noun

The hard, horny covering protecting the foot of some mammals.
the foot of an ungulate mammal
the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
The human foot.
An ungula.
The heel of a loaf of bread.

Verb

Verb Forms: hoofed, hoofing, hoofs

To dance, especially in a vigorous or tap style.
walk
- "let's hoof it to the disco"
dance in a professional capacity
To trample with hooves.
To walk.
To dance, especially as a professional.
To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

Examples

Get your hooves off me!
He tried to hoof it out of the game when his opponent played a triple-triple bingo.
Playing HOOF felt solid, grounding his words firmly on the Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hoof, hof, 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).

Synonyms

foot, hoof it, leg it, boot

Scrabble Score: 10

hoof: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hoof: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hoof: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

hoof: valid Words With Friends Word