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hoofbeat

hoofbeat noun: the sound of a hoof striking the ground.

Noun

hoofbeat (plural hoofbeats)

  1. The sound of a hoof striking the ground.
    • at the hoof-beats of fate1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)

Forms of hoofbeat

pluralhoofbeats

Origin of hoofbeat

From hoof + beat.

Questions about hoofbeat

What does hoofbeat mean?
Hoofbeat means the sound of a hoof striking the ground.
What part of speech is hoofbeat?
Hoofbeat is a noun.
What is the plural of hoofbeat?
The plural of hoofbeat is hoofbeats.

Words near hoofbeat in the dictionary

  1. hoof picks
  2. hoof-and-mouth disease
  3. hoof-mark
  4. hoof-marks
  5. hoofball
  6. hoofbeat
  7. hoofbeats
  8. hoofbound
  9. hoofed
  10. hoofed it
  11. hoofed locust

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