1. a professional dancer, especially a tap dancer
Usage: informal

Examples

• The old hoofer still had amazing rhythm despite his age.
• She started as a chorus girl but became a famous hoofer on Broadway.
• The veteran hoofer taught tap dancing at the local studio.
• Many hoofers from the 1940s performed in Hollywood musicals.
• He was known as the best hoofer in vaudeville.
• The young hoofer practiced her routine for hours each day.