footfall
pronunciation
How to pronounce footfall in British English:
UK [ˈfʊtfɔ:l]
How to pronounce footfall in American English:
US [ˈfʊtˌfɔl]
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- Noun:
- the sound of a step of someone walking
Word Origin
- footfall (n.)
- c. 1600, "the tread of the foot;" see foot (n.) + fall (n). Perhaps first in Shakespeare.
Example
- 1. As a flower , as a fire , as a hushed footfall
- 2. Jiamin : are you going to watch the footfall game on tv tomorrow evening , ben ?
- 3. Otherwise foreigners might win the fierce contest for footfall ( retail jargon for the number of shoppers ) .
- 4. Shops in high streets without sufficient " footfall " , however , will be among the losers .
- 5. Yet visits to shops ( other than those in out-of-town retail parks ) are still trending lower than last year , according to experian footfall , a market-research firm .