noun
Meaning 1
A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cloop
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kluːp/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /klup/
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rhymes with -uːp
noun
Meaning 2
A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
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noun
Meaning 3
A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
The sound made by the movement of liquid into a hollow space.
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noun
Meaning 4
A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
The sound made by a horse's hoof hitting a hard surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: clip-clop
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Synonyms: clop
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noun
Meaning 5
A small, seedy bar or nightclub; a dive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 6
A compression technology for Linux files stored on a read-only block device that allows files to be decompressed on the fly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 7
To make a cloop (slightly hollow, percussive) sound (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Blend of club + coop.
Blend of c(ompressed) + loop.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: poksahdus — slightly hollow, percussive sound
- Finnish: cloop — compression technology for Linux files
- Finnish: poksahtaa — to make a cloop sound