hoofbeat
6
4.3
- noun
- /ˈhuːfˌbiːt/
:
taconeo
- The familiar, half-spectral sound of their hoofbeats in soft, wet earth came bursting down the road that led into the hummock.
- hear hoofbeats
- sound of hoofbeats
- clatter of hoofbeats
Examples
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The sound of hoofbeats approaches from outside.
Fiction book (2001) -
Far away in the darkness, the sound of hoofbeats echoed on the rock-hard roadbed.
Fiction book (1992) -
And the sound of hoofbeats is heard in the distance.
Fiction book (1993) -
Morgan listened for the sounds of hoofbeats, but heard nothing.
Fiction book (1994) -
We heard the sound of hoofbeats soon after we got our first sight of that approaching dust cloud.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the silence left by the rain that has stopped, he hears hoofbeats.
Fiction book (1992) -
Even though the blanket covered the boy's ears, it was as if the hoofbeats of wild horses were beating down upon him from heaven.
Fiction book (1998) -
How often she heard the hoofbeats of Roman soldiers approaching her little village of Nazareth.
Fiction book (2001) -
The hoofbeats came nearer, turning onto the lane that led to the ranch house.
Fiction book (1992) -
The world was silent except for the hoofbeats of the horses.
Synonyms
90
1.0
The sound made by someone walking
9
6.2
The sound a person's steps make when they walk
4
7.9
A short loud sound made when a horse's hoof hits a hard surface
2
7.7
The heavy dull sound horse hooves make when they hit hard ground
1
5.1
The sound horse hooves make when they hit a hard road in a steady regular beat
1
7.7
A rhythmic sound horse hooves make on a hard surface
1
9.0
A steady sound of horse hooves on a hard road
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hoofbeat is made from hoof, the hard 'foot' of a horse or animal, and beat, 'a hit' or 'a sound', so imagine a horse making a steady, drum-like sound each time its hoof hits the ground. That's why a hoofbeat means the sound of a horse's foot striking the ground.