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Synonyms for hoof

10 synonyms
1 meaning

noun
verb

Most common

drum belly bloating bloat wind dropsy tympany meteorism tympanites

All synonyms

Noun

drum belly, wind dropsy, bloat, bloating, tympany, meteorism, tympanites

Verb

1. Foot

foot, leg it slang UK

Other

Definitions

n. 1
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
v. 1
To trample with hooves.

Related words

Word family: hoof-mark hoofprint hoofrot hoofed hoofer
Phrases: hoof it beat the hoof cloven hoof hoof fungus horse's hoof on the hoof pad the hoof
Other spellings: hoove

Forms

Plural: hoofs → bloats, bloatings, tympanies, meteorisms…
Past participle: hoofed
e.g. hoofed → footed, booted…

Example sentences

bloating I must move otherwise I'll have bloating!

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hoof		rising
bloating		rising
bloat		falling
tympany		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: foot¹, boot¹
5 letters: bloat¹
7 letters: tympany
8 letters: bloating²
9 letters: meteorism
10 letters: tympanites

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bloating² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: sabot
Italiano: zoccolo
Español: zueco
Deutsch: Holzschuh
Català: esclop