clop-clop
[ noun klop-klop; verb klop-klop ]
noun
a clattering sound of repeated clops.
verb (used without object),clop-clopped, clop-clop·ping.
to make or move with such a sound.
Origin of clop-clop
1First 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.
Peeps at Many Lands: Japan | John FinnemoreSuddenly the girls were startled to hear the sharp, ringing clop-clop of steel-shod hoofs.
Hoofbeats on the Turnpike | Mildred A. WirtDistinctly, both girls could hear the clop-clop of approaching hoofbeats.
Hoofbeats on the Turnpike | Mildred A. WirtThere was the jangle of harness and bells; the clop-clop of hoofs, rising to a clatter.
Nights in London | Thomas BurkeThe creak of saddle leather and the clop clop of her horses hoofs were all the sounds that disturbed the stillness.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair Blank
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