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cloppy

/ˈklɒpi/

cloppy adjective: making or resembling a clopping sound.

Adjective

cloppy (comparative more cloppy, superlative most cloppy)

  1. Making or resembling a clopping sound.
    • They wore strange sandals too, with one strap across the top and a cloppy wooden sole.2014, Beth Kaplan, All My Loving: Coming of Age with Paul McCartney in Paris

Forms of cloppy

comparativemore cloppy
superlativemost cloppy

Origin of cloppy

From clop + -y.

Words that rhyme with cloppy

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about cloppy

What does cloppy mean?
Cloppy means making or resembling a clopping sound.
What part of speech is cloppy?
Cloppy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cloppy?
Cloppy is pronounced /ˈklɒpi/.

Words near cloppy in the dictionary

  1. cloppety-clop
  2. clopping
  3. cloppings
  4. cloppity
  5. cloppity-clop
  6. cloppy
  7. clopradone
  8. cloprednol
  9. cloprostenol
  10. cloprothiazole
  11. clops

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