Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hoof
Participle: hoofed
Gerund: hoofing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hoof |
| you | hoof |
| he;she;it | hoofs |
| we | hoof |
| you | hoof |
| they | hoof |
Perfect
| I | have hoofed |
| you | have hoofed |
| he;she;it | has hoofed |
| we | have hoofed |
| you | have hoofed |
| they | have hoofed |
Past
| I | hoofed |
| you | hoofed |
| he;she;it | hoofed |
| we | hoofed |
| you | hoofed |
| they | hoofed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hoofed |
| you | had hoofed |
| he;she;it | had hoofed |
| we | had hoofed |
| you | had hoofed |
| they | had hoofed |
Future
| I | will hoof |
| you | will hoof |
| he;she;it | will hoof |
| we | will hoof |
| you | will hoof |
| they | will hoof |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hoofed |
| you | will have hoofed |
| he;she;it | will have hoofed |
| we | will have hoofed |
| you | will have hoofed |
| they | will have hoofed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hoof |
| you | hoof |
| he;she;it | hoof |
| we | hoof |
| you | hoof |
| they | hoof |
Perfect
| I | have hoofed |
| you | have hoofed |
| he;she;it | have hoofed |
| we | have hoofed |
| you | have hoofed |
| they | have hoofed |
Imperfect
| I | hoofed |
| you | hoofed |
| he;she;it | hoofed |
| we | hoofed |
| you | hoofed |
| they | hoofed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hoofed |
| you | had hoofed |
| he;she;it | had hoofed |
| we | had hoofed |
| you | had hoofed |
| they | had hoofed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hoof |
| you | would hoof |
| he;she;it | would hoof |
| we | would hoof |
| you | would hoof |
| they | would hoof |
Perfect
| I | would have hoofed |
| you | would have hoofed |
| he;she;it | would have hoofed |
| we | would have hoofed |
| you | would have hoofed |
| they | would have hoofed |
Imperative
| you | hoof |
| we | Let's hoof |
| you | hoof |
Verbs conjugated like 'hoof'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hoof'
boof,
choof,
goof,
hood,
hook,
hoon,
hoop,
hoot,
loof,
poof,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. hof, from P.Gmc. *khofaz (cf. O.Fris. hof, Dan. hov, Du. hoef, Ger. Huf "hof"), from PIE *kopos (cf. Skt. saphah "hoof"). For spelling, see hood. Sense of "to walk" (hoof it) is first attested 1641; "to dance" is 1921 Amer.Eng. (in hoofer).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós
4. Proto-Germanic *hōfaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *hōf
6. Old English hōf
7. Middle English hof
8. English hoof
9. Inherited from Middle English hof, houf, houve, hove, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
Sample Sentences
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More minutes drifted by. Pierrot had another chance - and missed. At one point the ball fell to Andy Robertson and instead of taking his time and clearing, he hoofed it away as if his life depended on it. His football life, for sure. [2026 June 14, Tom English, “Why Haiti v Scotland was antidote to the ills of world football”, in BBC Sport:]