Clop
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. onomatopoeic
"Holonym: clip-clop"
- 2 the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface wordnet
- 3 My Little Pony-themed pornography. slang
- 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."
- 2 make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground wordnet
- 3 To masturbate to My Little Pony-themed pornography. slang
Example
More examples"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."
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.
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