hoofer

noun

hoof·​er ˈhu̇-fər How to pronounce hoofer (audio)
ˈhü-
: a professional dancer

Examples of hoofer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ever since Dancing with the Stars launched in 2005, ABC has kept secret the number of viewers who vote for their favorite celebrity hoofers — until now. Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024 Her peers were the hoofers, the Verdons, the Reinkings, all belonging to a master class of Broadway dancers, in a line stretching from Ruby Keeler to Donna McKechnie. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024 Good Morning America revealed on Tuesday (Sept. 12) that the star will be showing off her dance moves to compete for the mirrorball trophy alongside pro hoofer Alan Bersten. Anna Chan, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 In West, every character is out of place — an Ivy Leaguer beguiled by Hollywood, a vaudeville hoofer reduced to door-to-door selling, a Midwesterner lured to California for his health, a suspiciously mature child actor. Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hoofer 

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Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hoofer was in 1912

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“Hoofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoofer. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.

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