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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the sound of a step of someone walking;
- Example: "he heard footsteps on the porch"
[syn: footfall, footstep, step]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Footfall \Foot"fall`\, n. A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. --Poe. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

footfall n 1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: footfall, footstep, step]