footfall
Americannoun
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a footstep.
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the sound of footsteps.
She heard a footfall on the stairs.
noun
Etymology
Origin of footfall
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However, increased footfall often goes hand-in-hand with an increase of vehicles, she notes, with the village not necessarily "built for the amount of people" visiting.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Lower customer footfall, shorter operating hours because of curfew and higher security costs led to the guiance cut, the grocer said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The company said lower customer footfall, reduced store opening hours due to curfews and higher operating costs for security and logistics had forced it to trim its guidance for the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Compared with the birds in Madmaheshwar valley, the monal in Chopta also produced shorter call durations likely to cut through low-frequency human noise from traffic and tourist footfall.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Big-hoofed gray horses spackled like wolves, that rolled their eyes and whinnied at my footfall, leagued with men as if strapped to their business by harness I could not see.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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