clip-clop

== English == === Alternative forms === clip clop === Etymology === Onomatopoeia for two footsteps in succession. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklɪp.klɒp/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈklɪp.klɔp/, /ˈklɪp.klɑːp/ IPA(key): /k͜ǃ.k͜ǃ/ (onomatopoeic) === Noun === clip-clop (plural clip-clops) (onomatopoeia) The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves. Meronyms: clop, cloop 1984, Anthony C. Yu, tr. 吴承恩, 西游记 (Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West) [2] With loud clip-clops, several middle-aged women ran out from within to stare at the T’ang monk, grinning stupidly all the time. 2003, Ann Redisch Stampler, Something for Nothing [4] All night long, Dog heard the clip-clop of horses hauling the wagons to market. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === clip-clop (third-person singular simple present clip-clops, present participle clip-clopping, simple past and past participle clip-clopped) To make a clip-clop noise. 2002, D J Vallone, For the Love of Freedom [6] One of several pairs of mounted police in flak jackets clip-clops past, patrolling the perimeter. ==== Usage notes ==== Used particularly of horses. Often repeated one or more times in succession to indicate multiple or continued steps. Sometimes voiced as a pair of alveolar clicks. This is the only common use of alveolar clicks in English. ==== Translations ====