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CLOP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: clopped    , clopping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

clip-clop; clippety-clop; clop; clopping; clumping; clunking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("clop" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

clop; clump; clunk; plunk

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "clop" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

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