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clopping

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clop  (klp)
n.
A sharp hollow sound, as of a horse's hoof striking pavement.
intr.v. clopped, clop·ping, clops
To make or move with this sound.

[Imitative.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clopping - the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"


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Try not to notice the metal-shuttered shop fronts, the empty stores, the proliferation of horse- and donkey-carts clopping along the streets for lack of fuel, the ribs of the tired beasts jutting out from their bellies as boys whip them along to keep going.
There was the wonder I felt when I first saw a brace of mountain-like, spotted, black-and-white-horses clopping down a dusty road through clouds of powdered clay.
Thrill to the sound of clopping coconuts as you ride with Arthur and his trusty servant Patsy through 15 brilliantly rendered scenes chock-full of interactivity, rounding up Lancelot, Galahad and all the other knights of the Round Table whose names nobody can ever remember.
 
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