clip-clop

American  

[klip-klop] / ˈklɪpˌklɒp /

noun

1. clippety-clop.

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clip-clop British  

noun

1. the sound made by a horse's hooves

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Etymology

Origin of clip-clop

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Of the clip-clop sound of horses hoofing by.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

No more would the familiar clip-clop echo over the cobbles.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

Maybe a muffled sigh, a distant clip-clop of horses or an embroiderer’s “tsk tsk.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019

“As the funeral cortege passed me at Westminster, all you could hear was the clip-clop of hooves and sobbing of people,” he said.

From New York Times • May 1, 2018

I watched a horse clip-clop up the street, pulling a long wagon loaded with sacks of flour and other dry goods.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan