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# clop

noun (a clop, clops); verb (clop, clops, clopped, clopping)

«clop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) The hollow knocking sound of a horse's hooves on a hard road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#m1)
2. (verb) To walk making that sound, like a horse on cobbles, or a person in hard heavy shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it is an onomatopoeia — a word that sounds like what it means — telling the reader a horse is coming. Often doubled: «clip-clop», «clop, clop, clop».

### Examples

- Clip-clop, clip-clop went the pony down the lane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x1)
- We heard the clop of hooves outside the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x2)
- The horse clopped slowly across the cobbled square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x3)
- My little sister clopped around in Mum's high heels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x4)
- Clop, clop — the milk cart came round the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x5)
- The donkey's hooves clopped on the stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x6)
- In the poem, the clop of the horse woke the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/#x7)

### Note

Past form «clopped», «-ing» form «clopping» (double p). An example of onomatopoeia, like «buzz» and «splash». «Clip-clop» is the most common form in children's books.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clop.html) on Mova free.