Library / English Dictionary

FOOTFALL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound of a step of someone walking

Example:

he heard footsteps on the porch

Synonyms:

footfall; footstep; step

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("footfall" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "footfall"):

tramp (a heavy footfall)

Credits

 Context examples: 

There was a rush, a clatter upon the stairs, the bang of a door, and the crisp rattle of running footfalls from the street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beyond lay another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar, its silence broken only by the heavy, regular footfall of the policeman, or the songs and shouts of some belated party of revellers.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)