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clop

UK/klɒp/ US/klɑp/ rare

verb

1.

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

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Origin

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

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