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HOOFING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoofing mean? 

HOOFING (noun)
  The noun HOOFING has 1 sense:

1. dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or posturesplay

  Familiarity information: HOOFING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOOFING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hoofing; step dancing

Hypernyms ("hoofing" is a kind of...):

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

Meronyms (parts of "hoofing"):

dance step; step (a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoofing"):

tap dance; tap dancing (a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet)


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