clip-clop
UK /ˈklɪp.klɒp/ US /ˈklɪp.klɔp/
noun 1verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
The sound of steps on hard ground, especially of a horse's hooves.
Meronyms: clop, cloop
The wagon creaked, swayed, moved on to strange accompaniment— clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop. The horses were trotting on hard road.
verb
1
To make a clip-clop noise.
At the some moment, a horse clip-clops past, hauling a wagon.
2002, D J Vallone, For the Love of Freedom http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0595226183&id=xKV1VCsAwZIC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=%22clip-clops%22&sig=-LkO8mWX7qKZGvv2vcIXOHpIqYM One of several pairs of mounted police in flak jackets clip-clops past, patrolling the perimeter.
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