snack when walking

[ostap77]

Do you happen to know what Americans say for snacking on a chicken-roll etc. when walking? I guess it's "snack on the hooves" if I'm not mistaken?

 

[SoothingDave]

I wouldn't use such a phrase. I don't think there is one defined word or phrase for this activity. One can say they are "eating on the run" but that can refer to eating in one's car while in motion as well.

 

[ostap77]

I wouldn't use such a phrase. I don't think there is one defined word or phrase for this activity. One can say they are "eating on the run" but that can refer to eating in one's car while in motion as well.

That's it. So it's universal either you eat in your car or when walking?

 

[SoothingDave]

I think it works for any alternative to actually sitting down and eating. On the run or on the go.

 

[Coolfootluke]

I am not a teacher.

There is no American expression for that that I'm aware of. We do speak of "hoofing it" to mean "walking". I wouldn't be surprised to read of an American's "snack on the hoof", but that is not a set phrase, and "hooves" would not work.

 

[Rover_KE]

'Eating on the hoof' is fairly common.

I prefer 'eating on the go'.

Rover

 

[ostap77]

I wouldn't use such a phrase. I don't think there is one defined word or phrase for this activity. One can say they are "eating on the run" but that can refer to eating in one's car while in motion as well.

Would you say "I gotta hoof it." for "I gotta go"?

 

[SoothingDave]

Only if I had to walk some long distance.

 

[ostap77]

Only if I had to walk some long distance.

Is it common in the US?

 

[SoothingDave]

It's understandable. I don't know how often it is used. We do like to drive everywhere. :-D

 

[BobK]

'Eating on the hoof' is fairly common.

I prefer 'eating on the go'.

Rover

This is such a common expression that I have seen it used as the name of a supermarket attached to a petrol station. (Maybe it's a chain of such stores...?)

b

 

[ostap77]

It's understandable. I don't know how often it is used. We do like to drive everywhere. :-D

That's what makes you guys so overweight.

 

[BobK]

It's understandable. I don't know how often it is used. We do like to drive everywhere. :-D

Maybe that's why a 'hoofer' is a dancer rather than a walker (note for word-watchers - not ballet; a 'hoofer' has to have substantial [not huge, but solid] shoes. 'Hoofer' can be used in a self-deprecatory way - 'I'm just an old hoofer, not a real dancer', a bit like a writer saying ''I'm just an old hack, not a real writer' '[hack' - derived from 'hackney cab', which wasn't smart or sleek but did a job for anyone who paid).

b

 

[SoothingDave]

That's what makes you guys so overweight.

Just more of us to love.