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hoofed

American  
[hooft, hooft] / hʊft, huft /

adjective

  1. having hoofs; ungulate.


hoofed British  
/ huːft /

adjective

    1. having a hoof or hoofs

    2. ( in combination )

      four-hoofed

      cloven-hoofed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hoofed

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

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Russell, 50, has been at it even longer than that: She hoofed it on “The All New Mickey Mouse Club” at 15.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

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 ● Sep. 7, 2024

His hair is hoofed up and uncombed and his ears hang low and old, and he has little fluid-filled crescents under his eyes.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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