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clop

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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verb

  1. horse step (making a "clop" sound)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /klɒp/ / /klɑp/

noun

  1. A traditional Romanian small straw hat.

verb

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.

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

    Robert Loo sat and listened behind his counter, his heart aching, his eyes staring at nothing, while his brothers cheerfully clopped around, occasionally calling to the kitchen, as customers drifted somnambulistically in.