What does "clip-clop" mean?

The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.

What is a synonym for "clip-clop"?

Common synonyms include: clippety-clop, clippety-cloppety, clop, clopping, clumping, clunking.

//ˈklɪp.klɒp// noun, verb

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Noun

1
The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves. onomatopoeic
"Meronyms: clop, cloop"
2
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface wordnet

Verb

1
To make a clip-clop noise.
"At the some moment, a horse clip-clops past, hauling a wagon."

"The wagon creaked, swayed, moved on to strange accompaniment— clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop. The horses were trotting on hard road."

Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.