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Word entry · 8 letters

footfall

Best crossword clue

"Sound of a step"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfʊtfɔːl/Part of speech nounSorted affllootStarts with FEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the sound of a step of someone walking

Word origin

From foot (“part of the human leg below the ankle”) + fall (“act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity”, noun).

Used in a sentence

  • [L]ike Hedg-hogs vvhich / Lye tumbling in my bare-foote vvay, and mount / Their pricks at my foot-fall: ſometime am I / All vvound vvith Adders, vvho vvith clouen tongues / Doe hiſſe me into madneſſe: […]
  • They are treading fast and thick. For weeks you could have heard a foot-fall.
  • At last I slid off into a light doze, and had pretty nearly made a good offing towards the land of Nod, when I heard a heavy footfall in the passage, and saw a glimmer of light come into the room from under the door.

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