clop

English

Etymology

Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /klɒp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

clop (plural clops)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.

Translations

Verb

clop (third-person singular simple present clops, present participle clopping, simple past and past participle clopped)

  1. To make this sound.

Anagrams

Old French

Adjective

clop m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clope)

  1. hobbling; limping

Declension

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