clop
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of clop
First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative
Example Sentences
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Grenadiers and Scots guards marched in two lines, following the rhythmic clop of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 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
And yet beneath it all that creaking, clanking sound continues to clop and clatter.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018
The evening was deathly silent, punctuated only by the steady clop, clop, clop of Howard’s gear moving and shifting around his substantial frame as he walked down the street.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2017
I heard the clop of horse hooves, and ChirOn galloped up behind us, looking grim.
From "The Sea of Monsters" 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
We clopped around the arches and columns until we were told that our money was up.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 12, 2015
She reined in Arion, and he clopped impatiently, the ground crackling under his hooves.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
“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
Early last week, bystanders on Victoria Road may have been fortunate enough to see Taranteeno the Marvellous clopping by.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2021
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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