Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound.

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

Origin

Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to mak

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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Forms

clops, clopping, clopped, clopped
Base formclop · to clop
3rd person singularclops
Present participleclopping
Past simpleclopped
Past participleclopped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclop
he, she, itclops

Past simpleLesson

all personsclopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clopped
he, she, ithas clopped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clop

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground:clumpclunkplunk

Word family

2 related words
Derivedclopperclopping

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cloisterC2cloneA2closeA1
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