clop-clop

[ noun klop-klop; verb klop-klop ]
/ noun ˈklɒpˌklɒp; verb ˈklɒpˈklɒp /

noun

a clattering sound of repeated clops.

verb (used without object), clop-clopped, clop-clop·ping.

to make or move with such a sound.

Origin of clop-clop

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby clop-clop

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

Example sentences 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