noun / verb
clop
KLAHP/klɑp/
A hollow hoofbeat sound, or to make this sound while moving.
The horse clops down the quiet street toward the barn.
Etymology
Clop imitates the sound of boots or hoofs striking the ground. The selected noun names that sharp impact sound directly, rather than drawing its meaning from an older lexical root.
In context
the first sound you'd hear in the morning would be a storm of birdsong, then the soft clop of the hooves of the horse hauling a milk wagon down your block
More examples
- We hear the steady clop of hooves on pavement.
- Her wooden shoes clopped across the kitchen floor.
- The pony approaches with a few slow clops.
Forms
clop · clops · clopped · clopping
Similar words
- clip-clop
- Emphasizes the repeated, alternating rhythm of hoofbeats.
- clatter
- Suggests louder, rattling impacts rather than distinct hollow hoofbeats.