noun
1.
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make or move with such a sound.
Origin:
1895–1900; imitative
1895–1900; imitative
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| —vb , clops, clopping, clopped | |
| 1. | (intr) to make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground |
| —n | |
| 2. | a sound of this nature |
| [C20: of imitative origin] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
clop
"sound of boots or hoofs on the ground," 1901, echoic.
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Example sentences
The clop of their hooves sounds oddly bucolic against the throaty thrum of helicopters overhead.
We old-timers remember the clop-clop of hoofs and the rumble of farm wagons in those tunnels across the creeks.
Horse-drawn carriages clop by, and strollers walk along sidewalks edged with pink marble.
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