hoofbeat

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noun

The sound of a hoof striking the ground.

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Meanings

nounhoofbeat (plural hoofbeats)

plural hoofbeats

  1. The sound of a hoof striking the ground.

    at the hoof-beats of fate

    1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)

Origin

From hoof + beat.

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Translations

German Hufschlag
  • Hufschlagsound of a hoof striking the ground
Hungarian patadobogás, lódobogás
  • patadobogássound of a hoof striking the ground
  • lódobogássound of a hoof striking the ground
Cite this entry
APA

hoofbeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoofbeat

MLA

“hoofbeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoofbeat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoofbeat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoofbeat.

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