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clippety-clop|ˈklɪpətɪˈklɒp| Also clippety-clip, clippity-clop. [Imitative.] The sound made by a horse's hoofs, or a noise resembling this.
1928Manch. Guardian Weekly 17 Aug. 134/3 An' he could pick 'em up in th' owd days. Clippety-clop! Clippety-clop! 1929H. V. Morton In Search of Scotland iv. 102, I could..hear..the clippity-clop of cab horses in the Strand. 1954J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring i. xii. 221 The sound of hoofs drew nearer. They were going fast, with a light clippety-clippety-clip. Ibid., Clippety-clip came the quick trotting feet. |