clop-clop

[ noun klop-klop; verb klop-klop ]

noun

1. a clattering sound of repeated clops.

verb (used without object)

, clop-clopped, clop-clop·ping.

1. to make or move with such a sound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clop-clop¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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

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Suddenly the girls were startled to hear the sharp, ringing clop-clop of steel-shod hoofs.

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Distinctly, both girls could hear the clop-clop of approaching hoofbeats.

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There was the jangle of harness and bells; the clop-clop of hoofs, rising to a clatter.

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The creak of saddle leather and the clop clop of her horses hoofs were all the sounds that disturbed the stillness.

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