clop
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of clop
First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative
Example Sentences
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Both use hesitation dribbles to keep defenders honest, clop through the lane with Eurosteps, and have the ability to drain annoyingly effective step-back 3-pointers with ease.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2019
And yet beneath it all that creaking, clanking sound continues to clop and clatter.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018
We watch as the men trick out their saddles with flashing CDs and plastic flowers, and as riders clop along the city streets, their leisurely pace at odds with the traffic around them.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2017
However, by the late 19th century there were so many of them that regulations were introduced making it illegal for cabs to clop about willy-nilly.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
Every clop of Grover’s hooves echoed on the marble floor.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
After a bit, he clopped back into his stable, where he is doing much better, the authority’s X post said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
He even clopped coconut shells together to imitate the sound of a galloping horse as Graham Chapman did in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023
As we stood near the Reflecting Pool, a mounted Park Police officer clopped by on a horse.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019
The figure disappeared, and a new smaller person clopped toward her in chunky heels.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 25, 2011
Foaly clopped over to an equipment rack clamped to the wall.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
“At any given point, the pike was a symphony of spinning wheels, creaking cabs, clopping hooves, and droning livestock,” Mr. Crytzer writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Early last week, bystanders on Victoria Road may have been fortunate enough to see Taranteeno the Marvellous clopping by.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
Like cruising in a gondola in Venice, clopping through the cobblestone streets of Granada in a horse-drawn carriage is on the agenda of every tourist and tour guide.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2017
The previous week she took the children to see their father on his birthday and got to hear the clopping of her footsteps in the beautiful lobby.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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