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clip-clop

[klip-klop]
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noun
  1. clippety-clop.
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Origin of clip-clop

First recorded in 1880–85
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Examples from the Web for clip-clop

Historical Examples

  • Suddenly the clip-clop, clip-clop of hoofs caused Duane to raise his head and listen.

    The Lone Star Ranger

    Zane Grey

  • Through the open window came the jingle, and the "clip-clop" and the hum.

  • In the distance my ear caught a familiar sound—the clip-clop of horses trotting.

    Pushed and the Return Push

    George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

  • But it was late in the afternoon when the clip-clop of horses' hoofs rang out over the crater of the ranch.

    Polly and Eleanor

    Lillian Elizabeth Roy

British Dictionary definitions for clip-clop

clip-clop

noun
  1. the sound made by a horse's hooves
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for clip-clop

sound as of a horse's hooves, 1884, imitative.

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