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hoofers

hoofers is the plural of hoofer.

Meaning of hoofer

Noun

hoofer (plural hoofers)

  1. (US, slang) A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
    • Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 208

Questions about hoofers

What is hoofers the plural of?
Hoofers is the plural of hoofer.

Words near hoofers in the dictionary

  1. hoofed it
  2. hoofed locust
  3. hoofed locusts
  4. hoofed out
  5. hoofer
  6. hoofers
  7. hoofiness
  8. hoofing
  9. hoofing it
  10. hoofing out
  11. hoofish

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