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hoofbeat

noun

Etymology

From hoof + beat.

  1. derived from *bautaną✻ — “to push, strike”
  2. derived from *bautan✻
  3. derived from bēatan — “to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”
  4. inherited from beten
  5. compounded as hoofbeat — “hoof + beat”

Definitions

  1. The sound of a hoof striking the ground.

    • at the hoof-beats of fate

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