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clip-clop

UK/ˈklɪp.klɒp/US/ˈklɪp.klɔp/

clip-clop noun: the sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.

Noun

clip-clop (plural clip-clops)

  1. (onomatopoeic) The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.
    • Meronyms: clop, cloop
    • The wagon creaked, swayed, moved on to strange accompaniment— clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop. The horses were trotting on hard road.1925, Zane Grey, The Thundering Herd

Verb

clip-clop (third-person singular simple present clip-clops, present participle clip-clopping, simple past and past participle clip-clopped)

  1. To make a clip-clop noise.
    • At the some moment, a horse clip-clops past, hauling a wagon.1999, Mary Downing Hahn, Anna All Year Round
    • One of several pairs of mounted police in flak jackets clip-clops past, patrolling the perimeter.2002, D J Vallone, For the Love of Freedom http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0595226183&id=xKV1VCsAwZIC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=%22clip-clops%22&sig=-LkO8mWX7qKZGvv2vcIXOHpIqYM

clip-clop meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

clip-clop in Arabic

Onomatopoeia
حَبَطَقْطَقْ ḥabaṭaqṭaq

clip-clop in Vietnamese

Onomatopoeia
lộp cộp, lọc cọc

Examples of clip-clop in a sentence

  • Suddenly I heard the familiar “clip-clop, clip-clop” of shower shoes coming up the path behind me—and a rapid pace it was.2001, Dave Zorn, Dinky Dau: Love, War, and the Corps:
  • The large arch beneath the clock gave access to Hansom carriages clip-clopping up the cobbled ramp from the main gate in Euston Road, directly onto the platform, to meet well-to-do passengers.2023 August 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: End damaging drift at Euston”, in RAIL, number 990, page 3:

Forms of clip-clop

Noun
pluralclip-clops
alternative formclip clop
Verb
third-person singular presentclip-clops
present participleclip-clopping
past participleclip-clopped
pastclip-clopped

Origin of clip-clop

Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession.

Questions about clip-clop

What does clip-clop mean?
Clip-clop means the sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.
What is clip-clop in Arabic?
Clip-clop in Arabic is حَبَطَقْطَقْ (ḥabaṭaqṭaq). See Clip-clop meaning in Arabic.
How do you use clip-clop in a sentence?
Suddenly I heard the familiar “clip-clop, clip-clop” of shower shoes coming up the path behind me—and a rapid pace it was.
What part of speech is clip-clop?
Clip-clop can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce clip-clop?
Clip-clop is pronounced /ˈklɪp.klɒp/ (UK).
What is the plural of clip-clop?
The plural of clip-clop is clip-clops.

Words near clip-clop in the dictionary

  1. clip someone's wings
  2. clip strip
  3. clip strips
  4. clip the church
  5. clip the wings of
  6. clip-clop
  7. clip-clopped
  8. clip-clopping
  9. clip-clops
  10. clip-joint
  11. clip-joints

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