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.

Nearby words

cloot, clootie, cloots, clootz, anacharsis, clop, clop-clop, cloque, cloquet, cloquet's hernia, cloqué, clorazepate

Origin of clop-clop

First recorded in 1900–05

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Examples from the Web for clop-clop

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
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