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clipâclop
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
clipâclop
(noun)
clipâclop
/
Ë
klÉŞpËklÉËp/
noun
clipâclop
/
Ë
klÉŞpËklÉËp/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of CLIPâCLOP
[
noncount
]
:
the sound made by a horse that is walking on a hard surface
the slow
clip-clop
of the horses as the parade passed by
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— clipâclop
verb
clipâclops
;
clipâclopped
;
clipâclopping
[
no object
]
The horse-drawn carriage
clip-clopped
down the street.
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