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Recent Examples of clip-clop
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
21 Nov. 2025
The tiny Greek island, only 90 minutes by ferry from Athens, has been renowned for generations as a dreamy, car-free outpost where the only traffic sound is the clip-clop of donkey hooves and the most stressful decision is which white wine to choose with dinner.
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Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
There’s something special about salty ocean breezes paired with the clip-clop of horse hooves.
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AFAR Media,
17 Dec. 2024
The camera’s pretty static, the characters’ are pretty goofy-looking to the contemporary eye, the story unfolds at the clip-clop pace of carriage horses who do not actually want to go through the pass into Transylvania.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
17 Sep. 2024
But the dream remains intact: to clip-clop my way through the wilderness, ride through pebbled creeks, into forests, up the mountains, and across meadows filled with a spread of wildflowers that would make Klimt gasp, stopping only to set up camp, refuel, and swap stories by campfires.
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Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Sep. 2024
Even in the center of Gaza City, hundreds of carts add a 19th-century clip-clop to the chaotic traffic.
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Steve Hendrix,
Washington Post,
6 Oct. 2023
Alpine Carriage Company and Pegasus Horse-Drawn Carriages take sightseers through town with the clip-clop soundtrack of horses hooves.
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Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2023
Noun
Stagecoaches still clip-clop through town, cowboys still walk the streets and bartenders still pour whiskey in the saloons where the Earps and Clantons drank.
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Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
21 Nov. 2025
The tiny Greek island, only 90 minutes by ferry from Athens, has been renowned for generations as a dreamy, car-free outpost where the only traffic sound is the clip-clop of donkey hooves and the most stressful decision is which white wine to choose with dinner.
—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
There’s something special about salty ocean breezes paired with the clip-clop of horse hooves.
—
AFAR Media,
17 Dec. 2024
The camera’s pretty static, the characters’ are pretty goofy-looking to the contemporary eye, the story unfolds at the clip-clop pace of carriage horses who do not actually want to go through the pass into Transylvania.
—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
17 Sep. 2024
But the dream remains intact: to clip-clop my way through the wilderness, ride through pebbled creeks, into forests, up the mountains, and across meadows filled with a spread of wildflowers that would make Klimt gasp, stopping only to set up camp, refuel, and swap stories by campfires.
—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Sep. 2024
Even in the center of Gaza City, hundreds of carts add a 19th-century clip-clop to the chaotic traffic.
—
Steve Hendrix,
Washington Post,
6 Oct. 2023
Alpine Carriage Company and Pegasus Horse-Drawn Carriages take sightseers through town with the clip-clop soundtrack of horses hooves.
—
Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clip-clop
Noun
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Lots to unpack in the two-minute clop from Heidi Engerman’s appearance as Yancy Gray’s (Jack Schumacher) wife, Syd, to Quinn’s (Minka Kelly) new beau Oliver (Ben Robson) and her mother’s (Patricia Clarkson) unexpected arrival in town.
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The clop of the horse's hooves is a kind of muted drumroll.
Noun
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The origin of the thunderclap (sometimes called the Viking clap) is disputed, with several clubs in Europe claiming to have started the trend, but Iceland popularised it and brought it to the world stage.
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One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
Noun
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Costs are soaring due to a global supply crunch caused by the artificial intelligence boom, which has led chipmakers like Nvidia to suck up ever-increasing amounts of memory for their processors and advanced systems.
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The supply crunch is expected to persist through 2027, potentially leading to future iPhone price increases.
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“Clip-clop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip-clop. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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