footfall

[ foot-fawl ]

/ ˈfʊtˌfɔl /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR footfall ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a footstep.

the sound of footsteps: She heard a footfall on the stairs.

Origin of footfall

First recorded in 1600–10; foot + fall

Words nearby footfall

foot-dragging, foot drop, Foote, footed, footer, footfall, footfault, footframe, footgear, Foot Guards, foothill

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Example sentences from the Web for footfall

The illustrious dead slept beneath the hollow pavement, which echoed to my footfall like a vaulted sepulchre.
The South-West|Joseph Holt Ingraham
But just at the moment there was a quick, descending 92 footfall on the stair and the door opened.
Radio Boys Loyalty|Wayne Whipple
Suddenly the faintest possible creak of a footfall on the floor behind him.
Renshaw Fanning's Quest|Bertram Mitford
In the twilight of the unlighted streets scarce a footfall is heard.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918|Various

Every footfall accelerated the completion, without augmenting, the certainty of evil.
Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown

British Dictionary definitions for footfall

footfall

/ (ˈfʊtˌfɔːl) /

noun

the sound of a footstep

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单词	footfall
释义	footfall [ foot-fawl ] / ˈfʊtˌfɔl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR footfall ON THESAURUS.COM noun a footstep. the sound of footsteps: She heard a footfall on the stairs. Origin of footfall First recorded in 1600–10; foot + fall Words nearby footfall foot-dragging, foot drop, Foote, footed, footer, footfall, footfault, footframe, footgear, Foot Guards, foothill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for footfall The illustrious dead slept beneath the hollow pavement, which echoed to my footfall like a vaulted sepulchre. The South-West\|Joseph Holt Ingraham But just at the moment there was a quick, descending 92 footfall on the stair and the door opened. Radio Boys Loyalty\|Wayne Whipple Suddenly the faintest possible creak of a footfall on the floor behind him. Renshaw Fanning's Quest\|Bertram Mitford In the twilight of the unlighted streets scarce a footfall is heard. Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918\|Various Every footfall accelerated the completion, without augmenting, the certainty of evil. Wieland; or The Transformation\|Charles Brockden Brown British Dictionary definitions for footfall footfall / (ˈfʊtˌfɔːl) / noun the sound of a footstep Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to footfall stride, vestige, impression, gait, tread, trace, trail, track, footstep, spoor, mark, print, footprint, walk, stepping, jaunt, trek, traipse, march, ramble
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footfall

noun

Origin of footfall

Words nearby footfall

Example sentences from the Web for footfall

British Dictionary definitions for footfall

noun

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