clop

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /klɒp/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /klɑp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

clop (plural clops)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
    Synonym: cloop
    Holonym: clip-clop
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Verb

clop (third-person singular simple present clops, present participle clopping, simple past and past participle clopped)

  1. To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound.
    • (onomatopoeia)
      1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 569:
      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.
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Etymology 2

Noun

clop (plural clops)

  1. A traditional Romanian small straw hat.

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person.[1]

Adjective

clop m (feminine clope)

  1. hobbling; limping

Declension

Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject clos clope clop
oblique clop clope clop
plural subject clop clopes clop
oblique clos clopes clop

References

  1. ^ The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. (1982). United States: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, p. 24

Romanian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Hungarian kalap.

    Noun

    clop n (plural clopuri)

    1. (Transylvania, Banat) hat
    2. a type of hat traditionally worn by men from Maramureș region

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative clop clopul clopuri clopurile
    genitive-dative clop clopului clopuri clopurilor
    vocative clopule clopurilor

    References

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