footstep
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- noun
- /ˈfʊtˌstɛp/
- When I was awakened by footsteps on my porch, it was already growing dark outside.
- hear footsteps
- sound of footsteps
- echoes of footsteps
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- I want Werner Herzog to say that he hears footsteps.
- Lauren Isley once said, I have never entered a wood, but what I hear footsteps in the leaves tiptoeing away.
- You'd hear heavy footsteps just going around upstairs and they start to go downstairs and they would stop.
Examples
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I was awakened once again by the sound of hurried footsteps on my porch.
Fiction book (1991) -
You know, I would know by the sounds of, of the footsteps, whether or not my stepfather was sober or drunk.
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Leaving only the sound of footsteps behind,
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I saw in the sound of those footsteps a man coming toward us.
Academic text (2007) -
The two women held their breath as the footsteps bore down on them.
Fiction book (1991) -
You might hear voices or footsteps or mechanical sounds.
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Orde raised his head to the sound of footsteps running toward the group.
Fiction book (1991) -
She'd cringed when she heard the footsteps on the stairs and waited for the worst.
Fiction book (1990) -
She walked as fast as she could, not wanting to turn around, but now able to hear the man's footsteps on the gravel.
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As I walked through the quiet hall, I could hear a faint footstep behind me.
Synonyms
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6.5
A single step or the sound a foot makes when walking
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6.2
The sound a person's steps make when they walk
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The sound a foot or shoe makes on the ground
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4.2
A very quiet sound someone makes when they take a step
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Etymology
Footstep joins foot and step, and people also used it for the 'sound of a step'. So, footstep can mean the noise your foot makes when you walk.