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clop

noun, verb — 3 senses

clop

noun

UK /klɒp/ · US /klɑp/

Etymology Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.

1

Onomatopoeic The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.

  • Holonym: clip-clop
Derived terms
clip-clop, clopfic, cloppy

clop

verb

Etymology Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.

1

To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound.

  • Robert Loo sat and listened behind his counter, his heart aching, his eyes staring at nothing, while his brothers cheerfully clopped around, occasionally calling to the kitchen, as customers drifted somnambulistically in.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 569:
Derived terms
clopper, clopping

clop

noun
1

A traditional Romanian small straw hat.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.

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