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▪ I. clop, v. rare—1.|klɒp| [cf. OF. clop, mod.F. ecloppé lame, dial. cloper to hobble:—late L. cloppus lame, found in the Alemannic Laws and early glosses.] intr. To hobble.
1863Blackw. Mag. XCIII. 227/2, I took my stick, and clopped away down to the White Hart. ▪ II. clop|klɒp| Also reduplicated clop-clop. [Imitative.] A sharp sound such as is made by shoes or hoofs on the ground. Hence as adv. and v. intr.
1901Kipling Kim xv. 410 A faint clop-clop of Mahbub's retreating feet. 1902Kynoch Jrnl. Oct.–Nov. 23/2 The ‘Spat’ or ‘Clop’ is the sound made by the bullet striking an object. 1913Masefield Dauber iii. xxvi, His boots went clop along the stony ground. 1919― Reynard 111 The clop of the hooves on the road was plain. 1929W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 336 Queenie moved again, her feet began to clop-clop steadily again. 1959Encounter XII. 25, I clop-clopped into the hall. |