clop-clop

American  

[klop-klop, klop-klop] / ˈklɒpˌklɒp, ˈklɒpˈklɒp /

noun

1. a clattering sound of repeated clops.

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verb (used without object)

clop-clopped, clop-clopping

1. to make or move with such a sound.

Etymology

Origin of clop-clop

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

As nightfall quickened, my sense of vulnerability was heightened by the clop-clop of my sandals on the cobblestone streets.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2015

The clop-clop of horses’ hooves on cobblestones in the West Village, mounted police patrolling late at night, or a lovers’ quarrel within earshot of all passers-by.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2014

Day after the wedding the silver-haired asbestos heir confided to reporters: "My heart went cloppity, clop-clop all night."

From Time Magazine Archive

They shuffle barefooted and clop-clop in Japanese sandals; they peer at bronzed fishermen and pack swank souvenir shops; they fill the galleries, buy works of art.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harriet sat in the wagon, frightened, listening to the clop-clop of the horses’ feet.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry