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clip-clop
[ klip-klop ]
/ ˈklɪpˌklɒp /
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Origin of clip-clop
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby clip-clop
cliometrics,
clip,
clip art,
clipboard,
clip bond,
clip-clop,
clip-fed,
clip joint,
clip-on,
clip-out,
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How to use clip-clop in a sentence
In this clip, a teenage Minaj gets heated and throws a phone in a play rehearsal during her tenure at LaGuardia High School.
Check out a clip from this exclusive interview with SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace at the 2014 Savannah Film Festival.
Going at a reasonable clip, my husband and I travel the trails and side roads near our house.
The clip received heaps of Internet criticism after it went viral, and has since been pulled down from state channels.
The country was building houses at a rapid clip, which required a large amount of immigrant labor.
"This is the most ungrateful outfit of greasers I ever met up with," cried Clip, hurrying toward the second man.
Clip still had the club he had taken from the Mexican's companion, and he squared away threateningly.
Matt stood at the gate for a few moments, looking for Clip; but, as he could see nothing of him, he went back into the house.
He was pushing his machine through the gate, and Clip was getting his own wheel and making ready to follow.
The road was a bit cut up and sandy in places, but Clip whaled his machine along and they did a trifle better than thirty miles.
British Dictionary definitions for clip-clop
noun
the sound made by a horse's hooves
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