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Meanings of clop in English

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

Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.

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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
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
Usage of clop in English
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
6
Its chirpy, clip-clop rhythm seemed so at odds with the subject.
The Irish Times
7
He can ride behind me on the horse, and when it goes cloppety-clop-
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
8
The distinct clip-clop of heavy footfalls resounded in the dining parlor.
The notorious scoundrel
9
The general entered the library vaults, the clop of his boots reverberating sharply.
Secret of the seventh son
10
She wished she could clop him over the head with her leather case.
In every heartbeat
11
The clip-clop of a horse belonged to the same ancient world of silence.
Travels With My Aunt
12
The clip-clop noise of horse hooves, but this time he moved along with them.
The blood that bonds
13
Can't you just hear the clip-clop of the horse-drawn carriages.
The new yorker
14
The clip-clop of hooves had replaced the growl of engines.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
15
The distinct clip-clop of a horse's hooves halted their discussion, and they both turned.
The spurned viscountess
16
The soft clop of hooves began again, moving slowly away.
The irish warrior
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Clop through the time