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- noun Plural form of
clop . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
clop .
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Examples
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He grins nervously, and clops his feet under the table.
Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev: So which of the old allies is truly in charge? | Tom Parfitt 2011
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On the steep road snaking past my view a lone rider on a horse with a flag for the CHP secularist party clops by, a fancy folksy gimmick cooked up to show that they are the true party of ordinary folk.
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I suspect some of this is a hold over from the days of radio sound, where you had to establish horses with clip-clops, whinnies and the occasional “Whoa!”
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » 10 Ways to Prove You Didn’t Do Your Horse Homework 2010
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I hear the trampling clops of distant nest birds, can't see them.
The Nest 2010
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I suspect some of this is a hold over from the days of radio sound, where you had to establish horses with clip-clops, whinnies and the occasional “Whoa!”
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » 10 Ways to Prove You Didn’t Do Your Horse Homework 2010
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On the steep road snaking past my view a lone rider on a horse with a flag for the CHP secularist party clops by, a fancy folksy gimmick cooked up to show that they are the true party of ordinary folk.
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First thing that bothered me was the ride–it clops over expansion joints and impacts punch hard.
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First thing that bothered me was the ride – it clops over expansion joints and impacts punch hard.
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And as Obama clops off after having clinched the delegate count last night, she squats on the field of battle, hemorrhaging cash from four stumps with no fresh infusion in sight, insisting that the fight to this point is a draw.
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She clops to her front door and lets herself in, waving as she closes the screen door.
Wake Lisa McMann 2008
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