hoof (it)

verb

Definition of hoof (it)next
1
as in to walk
to go on foot I hoofed it to school after missing the bus

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2
as in to dance
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music he hoofs it from seven to eight every Thursday night with other avid square dancers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoof (it)
  1. walk
  2. dance
  3. tread
Verb
  • After successfully climbing over some large rocks and a fence, Bellin made her way to the East Shore Bike Trail and walked barefoot and injured back to the beach.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The high resolution scan creates a virtual 3D model of the site with an accuracy range of less than 2 centimeters, and involves walking around the archaeological site with an instrument called a LiDAR scanner.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of walk
Verb
  • Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • As skirts got shorter and the Jazz Age changed how women dressed, women wanted to show off their feet and looked for secure shoes for dancing.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dance
Verb
  • This may be a one-off experiment, even if Netflix is treading into bold new territory.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
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“Hoof (it).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoof%20%28it%29. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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