Definition of "hoof"

hoof

/hʊf/

noun
plural hoofs or hooves
1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
2. (slang, derogatory) The human foot.
  Quotations
  He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.
  1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 110
3. (geometry, dated) An ungula.
verb
third-person singular simple present hoofs, present participle hoofing, simple past and past participle hoofed
1. To trample with hooves.
2. (colloquial) To walk.
3. (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
4. (colloquial, football (soccer), transitive) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.