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.

Origin of clop-clop

1
First recorded in 1900–05

Words Nearby clop-clop

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How to use clop-clop in a sentence

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

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

    Hoofbeats on the Turnpike | Mildred A. Wirt
  • Distinctly, both girls could hear the clop-clop of approaching hoofbeats.

    Hoofbeats on the Turnpike | Mildred A. Wirt
  • There was the jangle of harness and bells; the clop-clop of hoofs, rising to a clatter.

    Nights in London | Thomas Burke
  • The creak of saddle leather and the clop clop of her horses hoofs were all the sounds that disturbed the stillness.