Meanings
clop1
present singular third person clops · participle present clopping · participle past clopped · past clopped
- 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.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 569
clop2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
verbmake or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Dutchcloppen“to make a clopping sound”
- Dutchkloppen“to hit, knock”
- Englishclop
Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.
More words from Dutch, Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech klapot
- klapotThe sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground
Polish tętent
- tętentThe sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground
Russian цо́канье, цо́кот
- цо́канье (cókanʹje)The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground
- цо́кот (cókot)The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with clop
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Cite this entry
clop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clop
“clop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clop. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clop.
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