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clopper

clopper noun: one who clops; a horse.

Noun

clopper (plural cloppers)

  1. One who clops; a horse.
    • Mr Binks over there is his front legs, and works his head, the horse's head, I mean. You should see old Clopper when he performs! My, there isn't a horse like him in the world.1953, Enid Blyton, Five Go Down to the Sea
    • His slow-paced horse, a clopper and carrier of bells, filled the empty awakening.1963, The New Yorker (volume 39, part 3, page 201)
  2. (My Little Pony fandom slang) One who engages in clopping.
    • Considering that a significant percentage of bronies are closeted, and taking into account the stigma attached to such practices, it is fair to assume that the real "clopper" population is likely far larger.2013 September 9, Thomas Raethel, “The Mysterious World of Bronies”, in Critic, number 22, University of Otago, page 33
    • One clopper recently gained quite a bit of notoriety on the Internet by revealing just how far his obsession with the show had gone.2013, Katrina Gardner, "Big Boys, Little Ponies", The Express (Las Positas College), Volume 24, Number 19, 5 April 2013, page 4

Forms of clopper

pluralcloppers

Origin of clopper

From clop + -er.

Words that rhyme with clopper

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about clopper

What does clopper mean?
Clopper means one who clops; a horse.
What part of speech is clopper?
Clopper is a noun.
What is the plural of clopper?
The plural of clopper is cloppers.

Words near clopper in the dictionary

  1. clopimozide
  2. clopipazan
  3. clopirac
  4. cloponone
  5. clopped
  6. clopper
  7. cloppers
  8. cloppety
  9. cloppety-clop
  10. clopping
  11. cloppings

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