clop

[ klop ]

noun

1. a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.

verb (used without object)

, clopped, clop·ping.

1. to make or move with such a sound.

clop

/ klɒp /

verb

1. intr to make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

noun

1. a sound of this nature

Word History and Origins

Origin of clop¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of clop¹

C20: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

He marches up and down, beating two pieces of wood together--clop-clop, clop-clop--as he walks.

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It is a plovelb, and says, ‘A new field gives a small clop,’ or ‘Human life is but fifty years.’

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The cloppety-clop of the feet of a passing cab horse now came in through the open door of the vestibule.

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Then the driver jumps to the seat and gathers up the reins and says “Go on, Old Dan,” and clopperty, clopperty clop!

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Then the girls heard a faint clip-clop of hoof-beats on the rocky trail leading along Top Notch.

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