clop
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of clop
First recorded in 1895–1900; imitative
Example Sentences
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Both use hesitation dribbles to keep defenders honest, clop through the lane with Eurosteps, and have the ability to drain annoyingly effective step-back 3-pointers with ease.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2019
Minor keys and Middle Eastern harmonic modes are everywhere; the rhythms move at a steady clop.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
And yet beneath it all that creaking, clanking sound continues to clop and clatter.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018
The evening was deathly silent, punctuated only by the steady clop, clop, clop of Howard’s gear moving and shifting around his substantial frame as he walked down the street.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2017
With a sad twist of his head, Red Rabbit turned away from Father and began to clop along in his slow, methodical pace.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
Blakon clopped his front hooves on the pavement after every point Segura made.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
He even clopped coconut shells together to imitate the sound of a galloping horse as Graham Chapman did in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023
As we stood near the Reflecting Pool, a mounted Park Police officer clopped by on a horse.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019
The occasional decorated horse clopped by, pulling British or Italians upon a painted cart.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
Later, though, Helen clopped down to the basement in wonder.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
“At any given point, the pike was a symphony of spinning wheels, creaking cabs, clopping hooves, and droning livestock,” Mr. Crytzer writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
In the late 19th century, American cities moved to a soundtrack of clopping and clanking.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2023
As far as we can tell, Henry Ford and other auto pioneers made no attempt to imitate the nostalgic clopping of hooves or the smell of, er, hay.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
Suddenly, the sound of the horses’ hooves changed—from dull clopping on wet dirt to sharp ringing.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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