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Significats de clippety-clop en anglès

The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.

        Sinònims
        Examples for "clumping"
        Examples for "clumping"
        1
        The boots passed his door, were already clumping up the next flight.
        Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
        2
        Cowboy turned away and started walking, his boots clumping on the boardwalk.
        Funland
        3
        My preferences are for jet black, non-clumping, non-flaking, and easy-to-apply lash enhancers.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Hot pasta and cream pose a serious clumping issue if allowed to sit.
        The Guardian
        5
        The knight of the plump thighs came first, clumping heavily down the stairs.
        Look Back on Happiness
        1
        I heard the familiar sound of a vehicle, then the more familiar clip-clop.
        Harvest Home
        2
        Once, I heard the clop-clop of a large horse behind me.
        Future Lovecraft
        3
        I heard a clip clop coming along and the milkman singing.
        The ginger man
        4
        With a great cloppitty-clop the column began to move, and Shasta breathed again.
        The horse and his boy
        5
        She's wearing high-heeled mules that are, like, they go 'clop-clop' when she walks?
        The Disposable Male
        1
        Dimly, the clunking procession faded toward the other end of the house.
        James Potter and the Morrigan Web
        2
        Something made a clunking sound on the hardwood floor in Anna's room.
        Heart-shaped box
        3
        Shortly the first of the clankers came clunking along, followed by the others.
        Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
        4
        Towards the end, though, the script's balance is upset by two clunking scenes.
        BBC
        5
        The empty space was filled with the heavy clunking of stone on stone.
        The fifth servant
        1
        Maybe thirty seconds later, I heard the clopping of hooves on blacktop.
        Summer knight
        2
        The clopping hooves seemed louder, with a lot of echo to them.
        Conrad’s Fate
        3
        He turned at the sound of horses clopping by the shop window.
        Another life
        4
        Deputy Ross crossed to them, his boot heels clip-clopping on the pavement.
        Death angel
        5
        Some time later, we hear the clip-clopping of horses' hooves on the ramp.
        WATER FOR ELEPHANT
        1
        In the distance my ear caught a familiar sound-theclip-clop of horses trotting.
        Pushed and the Return Push
        2
        I heard the familiar sound of a vehicle, then the more familiar clip-clop.
        Harvest Home
        3
        Its chirpy, clip-clop rhythm seemed so at odds with the subject.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The distinct clip-clop of heavy footfalls resounded in the dining parlor.
        The notorious scoundrel
        5
        The clip-clop of a horse belonged to the same ancient world of silence.
        Travels With My Aunt