clip-cloped

past tense of clip-clop

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sputtered
Verb
  • Whereas the World Cup has long given way to the phenomenon of the English World Cup hype anthem (of these, New Order’s 1990 banger World in Motion is arguably the most listenable outside the context of the actual event), the tradition seems to have sputtered out.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
  • The tandem of Towns, Bridges and Hart started the matchup with much better percentages before the offense sputtered down the stretch of Game 3.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
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“Clip-cloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clip-cloped. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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