clopping


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clop

 (klŏp)
n.
A sharp hollow sound, as of a horse's hoof striking pavement.
intr.v. clopped, clop·ping, clops
To make or move with this sound.
[Imitative.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun1.clopping - the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clumping, clunking
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
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