hoofed

American  

[hooft, hooft] / hʊft, huft /

adjective

1. having hoofs; ungulate.

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hoofed British  

/ huːft /

adjective

1. 1. having a hoof or hoofs

   2. ( in combination )

      four-hoofed

      cloven-hoofed

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Other Word Forms

• unhoofed adjective

Etymology

Origin of hoofed

First recorded in 1505–15; hoof + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The three of us, me and Lloyd and Tansy, hoofed it down the Hog Scald Road to school.

From Literature

The corner was akin to a backpass, hit along the ground to the near post, where it was promptly hoofed away.

From BBC

New pig owners learn quickly that mini pigs aren’t hoofed dogs.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were radiations of hoofed mammals; of primates including our ancestors; of whales and dolphins; of the all-time biggest sharks.

From Salon

During the Pleistocene, Toxodon may have been the most common hoofed mammal in South America, and Darwin was “deeply astonished” at the disappearance of such “great monsters.”

From Salon