clop
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of clop
First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative
Example Sentences
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When I was young—five, maybe six—I was sure I'd levitated between the sofa and love seat of my childhood home, crashing to the ground when the clop of my father's footsteps severed my concentration.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
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
Minor keys and Middle Eastern harmonic modes are everywhere; the rhythms move at a steady clop.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
And yet beneath it all that creaking, clanking sound continues to clop and clatter.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018
Anya turned to see a gray charger clop into the village square.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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 occasional decorated horse clopped by, pulling British or Italians upon a painted cart.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
Her high heels clopped up the steps and she leaned back lazily on the banisters.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
“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
In the late 19th century, American cities moved to a soundtrack of clopping and clanking.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2023
With the camera moving in tandem with EO, the score’s tinkly staccato notes echoing his soft clopping, the donkey voyages into a new and alien realm.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
The only sound came from Big Henryk, trying out his new shoes, clopping them like a horse into the slush and snow.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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