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CLIPPETY-CLOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clippety-clop mean?
• CLIPPETY-CLOP (noun)
The noun CLIPPETY-CLOP has 1 sense:
1. the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
Familiarity information: CLIPPETY-CLOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clop; clopping; clumping; clunking
Hypernyms ("clippety-clop" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
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