clop

English

Etymology

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)
Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

clop (plural clops)

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
(slang) My Little Pony-themed pornography.

Derived terms

clip-clop
clopper

Translations

The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground

Polish: tętent (pl) m
Russian: цо́канье (ru) n (cókanʹje), цо́кот (ru) m (cókot)

Verb

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

To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound.
- 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.
(slang) To masturbate to My Little Pony-themed pornography.

Anagrams

CPOL, OLPC, colp, ploc

Old French

Etymology

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

Adjective

clop m (oblique and nominative feminine singular clope)

hobbling; limping

Declension

Declension of clop

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	clos	clope	clop
Singular	Oblique	clop	clope		clope	clop
Plural	Subject	clop	clopes		clop
Plural	Oblique	clos	clopes		clopes	clop

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian kalap.

Noun

clop n (plural clopuri)

(Transylvania, Banat) hat

Declension

Declension of clop

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) clop	clopul	(niște) clopuri	clopurile
genitive/dative	(unui) clop	clopului	(unor) clopuri	clopurilor
vocative	clopule		clopurilor

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