different between cobble vs hoof

English

Etymology

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob +? -le.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?b.l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?b.?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

cobble (plural cobbles)

1. A cobblestone.
2. (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).

Translations

Verb

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

   I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English h?f, from Proto-Germanic *h?faz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *?oph?ós (compare Sanskrit ?? (?aphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan ????????????????? (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ho?of, ho?of, IPA^(key): /h?f/, /hu?f/
• Rhymes: -?f, -u?f

Noun

hoof (plural hoofs or hooves)

1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
2. (slang) The human foot.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 110):

     He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.

3. (geometry, dated) An ungula.

Derived terms

Related terms

• hoofed

Translations

Verb

hoof (third-person singular simple present hoofs, present participle hoofing, simple past and past participle hoofed)

1. To trample with hooves.
2. (colloquial) To walk.
3. (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
4. (colloquial, football (soccer), transitive) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

   Synonym: boot

Derived terms

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hoofd, Middle Dutch hovet, from Old Dutch h?vit, from Proto-Germanic *haubud?. Doublet of sjef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????f/

Noun

hoof (plural hoofde)

1. head

Derived terms

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hof, from Old Dutch hof, from Proto-Germanic *huf?.

Noun

hoof m

1. garden (an outdoor area containing one or more types of plants)