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foot-fall

foot-fall is the alternative spelling of footfall.

Meaning of footfall

Noun

footfall (countable and uncountable, plural footfalls)

  1. (countable) The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself.
    • [L]ike Hedg-hogs vvhich / Lye tumbling in my bare-foote vvay, and mount / Their pricks at my foot-fall: ſometime am I / All vvound vvith Adders, vvho vvith clouen tongues / Doe hiſſe me into madneſſe: […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (Malaysia, uncountable) The number of pedestrians going into or passing through a place (especially a commercial venue such as a shop) during a specified time period; also, the pedestrians in a particular place regarded collectively; foot traffic.
    • However, footfall is still below pre-Covid levels while there is also a surge of incoming supply. - "Are There Too Many Retail Malls In Malaysia?", BFM 89.9

Forms of foot-fall

pluralfoot-falls

Questions about foot-fall

What is foot-fall the alternative spelling of?
Foot-fall is the alternative spelling of footfall.

Words near foot-fall in the dictionary

  1. foot-candles
  2. foot-dragger
  3. foot-draggers
  4. foot-dragging
  5. foot-draggings
  6. foot-fall
  7. foot-falls
  8. foot-flagging
  9. foot-ganger
  10. foot-gangers
  11. foot-goer

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