clop-clop

American  

[klop-klop, klop-klop] / ˈklɒpˌklɒp, ˈklɒpˈklɒp /

noun

1. a clattering sound of repeated clops.

---

verb (used without object)

clop-clopped, clop-clopping

1. to make or move with such a sound.

Etymology

Origin of clop-clop

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Queenie moved again, her feet began to clop-clop steadily again, and at once Ben hushed.

From Literature

Nothing destroys an atmosphere of lightness and grace like the clop-clop of hard pointe shoes.

From Washington Post

As nightfall quickened, my sense of vulnerability was heightened by the clop-clop of my sandals on the cobblestone streets.

From New York Times

She thought of those other rides in wagons, when she was a child, the same clop-clop of the horses’ feet, creak of the wagon, and the feeling of being lost because she did not know where she was going.

From Literature

Harriet sat in the wagon, frightened, listening to the clop-clop of the horses’ feet.

From Literature