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The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
Examples
- Meronyms: clop, cloop
- 1984, Anthony C. Yu, tr. 吴承恩, 西游记 (Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West) http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0226971538&id=1q2jr5jttaUC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22clip-clops%22&sig=AK8LZaIEHgK0n1Bxa7jLM3YK_Xo With loud clip-clops, several middle-aged women ran out from within to stare at the T’ang monk, grinning stupidly all the time.
- 2003, Ann Redisch Stampler, Something for Nothing http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0618159827&id=F6U_tU8-FFkC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=clip-clop&sig=bhYqdn7LQFMg6a0BuBGFIgpnP2E All night long, Dog heard the clip-clop of horses hauling the wagons to market.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make a clip-clop noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2002, D J Vallone, For the Love of Freedom http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0595226183&id=xKV1VCsAwZIC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=%22clip-clops%22&sig=-LkO8mWX7qKZGvv2vcIXOHpIqYM One of several pairs of mounted police in flak jackets clip-clops past, patrolling the perimeter.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَبَطَقْطَقْ
(ḥabaṭaqṭaq)
— Onomatopoeia
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Basque:
txalaparta
— Onomatopoeia
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French:
cataclop
— Onomatopoeia
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French:
tagada
— Onomatopoeia
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Italian:
zoccolata
— Onomatopoeia
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Japanese:
ド ド
(dodo)
— Onomatopoeia
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Māori:
pakopakō (Of horsehooves)
— Onomatopoeia
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Portuguese:
pocotó
— Onomatopoeia
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Russian:
цо́канье
(cókanʹje)
— Onomatopoeia
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Scottish Gaelic:
ligidh leagaidh
— Onomatopoeia
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Spanish:
trápala
— Onomatopoeia
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Turkish:
dıgıdık
— Onomatopoeia
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Vietnamese:
lộp cộp
— Onomatopoeia
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Vietnamese:
lọc cọc
— Onomatopoeia
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Italian:
zoccolare
— Translations
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Māori:
pakopakō (Of horsehooves)
— Translations
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Portuguese:
fazer pocotó
— Translations
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Russian:
цо́кать
(cókatʹ)
— Translations
