The word 'hoof' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that refers to the hard, horny part of the foot of certain animals, especially ungulates such as horses, cows, or deer. Example: The horse's hooves pounded against the ground as it galloped through the fields.
Clayton Williams, a Texas oilman whom she narrowly beat in the 1990 race for the governorship, predicted, for example, that he would "head and hoof her and drag her through the dirt" in the election.
For example, a defender playing for a low-skill team will often hoof the ball upfield at any opportunity.
That may work fine for star strikers, but for less skilful players, it is probably best to hoof the ball high and in the centre of the goal Opta's analysis suggests that this area is easier to hit and has an 80% conversion rate compared to an 83% conversion rate for the top corners.
Mr Rajoy, more worried by a recession that has left a quarter of Spaniards out of work, had been expected to hoof the idea into the long grass.
Yahoo's less privileged and less Stakhanovite women may well hoof it to a friendlier organisation.But this is not just about women.
But the old ham himself, it seems, aims to hoof on.
They eat "free choice" hay, are groomed daily, and get hoof-and-tooth care.
The theory could yet be discredited, but in the meantime it has become a main plank in European merger policy.Mr Monti will find it easier to alter this on-the-hoof approach if he employs a chief economist, something he has already hinted that he wants to do.
Some old-style hoof-it English managers claim that import restrictions would somehow help the coaching of young British talent.This is the sort of protectionist tosh that most industries have not dared utter in public since the 1970s.
When urban street paving became widespread in the latter half of the 19th century, the common paving materials were hoof-sized stone blocks, similarly sized wooden blocks, bricks, McAdam's broken stone, and occasionally asphalt and concrete.
No camel herder would move a thousand head a million dollars on the hoof 300-odd miles thoof 300-oddendly territory without armileshis herd boys.
