[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: […]
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Footfall
//ˈfʊtfɔːl//
Synonyms for "footfall" (10 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βῆμᾰ noun (sound made by a footstep)
Armenian
1 entries- ոտնաձայն noun (sound made by a footstep)
Catalan
2 entries- peuada noun (sound made by a footstep)
- trepig noun (sound made by a footstep)
Finnish
4 entries- askeleen ääni noun (sound made by a footstep)
- askelten ääni noun (sound made by a footstep)
- askelääni noun (sound made by a footstep)
- jalankulkijamäärä noun (number of pedestrians going into or passing through a place during a specified time period; pedestrians in a particular place regarded collectively)
Macedonian
1 entries- топот noun (sound made by a footstep)
Old Armenian
1 entries- ոտնաձայն noun (sound made by a footstep)
Polish
1 entries- tupot noun (sound made by a footstep)
Russian
1 entries- то́пот noun (sound made by a footstep)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- bat noun (sound made by a footstep)
- topot noun (sound made by a footstep)
- zvuk koraka noun (sound made by a footstep)
Tagalog
2 entries- yabag noun (sound made by a footstep)
- yapak noun (sound made by a footstep)
Zulu
1 entries- isígqi noun (sound made by a footstep)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
They are treading fast and thick. For weeks you could have heard a foot-fall.
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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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He did not hear her approach, her footfall was so light; and it was with the same silent step she went into the room, and knelt down beside him, and put her hands and face on his knee, […]
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