clop-clop

[ noun klop-klop; verb klop-klop ]

/ noun ˈklɒpˌklɒp; verb ˈklɒpˈklɒp /

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noun

a clattering sound of repeated clops.

verb (used without object), clop-clopped, clop-clop·ping.

to make or move with such a sound.

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Origin of clop-clop

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby clop-clop

Clooney, cloot, clootie, Cloots, clop, clop-clop, cloque, Cloquet, clorazepate, Clorinda, Cloris

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.
Peeps at Many Lands: Japan|John Finnemore
It is a plovelb, and says, ‘A new field gives a small clop,’ or ‘Human life is but fifty years.’
The Stowmarket Mystery|Louis Tracy
The cloppety-clop of the feet of a passing cab horse now came in through the open door of the vestibule.
Jack Haydon's Quest|John Finnemore
Then the driver jumps to the seat and gathers up the reins and says “Go on, Old Dan,” and clopperty, clopperty clop!
Here and Now Story Book|Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Then the girls heard a faint clip-clop of hoof-beats on the rocky trail leading along Top Notch.
Polly and Eleanor|Lillian Elizabeth Roy