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clip-clop

[ klip-klop ]
/ ˈklɪpˌklɒp /
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noun

clippety-clop.

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Nearby words

  1. clip bond,
  2. clip forceps,
  3. clip joint,
  4. clip on,
  5. clip someone's wings,
  6. clip-fed,
  7. clip-on,
  8. clip-out,
  9. clipboard,
  10. clipped

Origin of clip-clop

First recorded in 1880–85
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for clip-clop

  • 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)

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

    Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3)|Mary Cholmondeley

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

    The Lone Star Ranger|Zane Grey

  • 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

the sound made by a horse's hooves
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

clip-clop

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper