clip-clop

[klip-klop]

noun

clippety-clop.

Origin of clip-clop

First recorded in 1880–85

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Historical Examples of clip-clop

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

the sound made by a horse's hooves

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Word Origin and History for clip-clop

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