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clop¹

  • /klɒp/ UK
  • /klɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.

noun clops

  1. onomatopoeic The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. Holonym: clip-clop

    Similar: cloop

verb clops · clopping · clopped

  1. To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. Robert Loo sat and listened behind his counter, his heart aching, his eyes staring at nothing, while his brothers cheerfully clopped around, occasionally calling to the kitchen, as customers drifted somnambulistically in.

clop²

noun clops

  1. A traditional Romanian small straw hat.

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noun The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground

Русскийцо́канье cókanʹje, цо́кот cókot

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"clop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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clop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clop

Chicago

"clop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clop.

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@misc{clop_2026,
  title = {clop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}