clip-clop

[ klip-klop ]

Origin of clip-clop

1
First recorded in 1880–85

Words Nearby clip-clop

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How to use clip-clop in a sentence

  • 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
  • But it was late in the afternoon when the clip-clop of horses' hoofs rang out over the crater of the ranch.

    Polly and Eleanor | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • Auguste heard the soft clip-clop of a horse's hooves and the creak of carriage wheels and raised a hand to alert the others.

    Shaman | Robert Shea
  • Silence ensued then for a moment, at the end of which interval Dale heard a rapid clip-clop on the rocky trail outside.

  • There seemed to be a rushing in his ears through which pierced sharp, ringing clip-clop of iron hoofs.

British Dictionary definitions for clip-clop

clip-clop

noun
  1. the sound made by a horse's hooves

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