hoof

noun

1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

   “[…] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.”

2. (derogatory, slang)The human foot.

   “Get your hooves off me!”

   “He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.”

3. (dated)An ungula.
4. The heel of a loaf of bread.

verb

1. To trample with hooves.
2. (colloquial)To walk.
3. (informal)To dance, especially as a professional.
4. (colloquial, transitive)To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.