clopped

past tense of clop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clopped
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
Verb
  • Crime scene technicians called in to help execute a search warrant reported observing blood spattered all over Mao’s bedroom, and a machete and two dumbbells stained with blood.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • Every few takes, a crew member sprays him down with a mixture of water and fake blood, careful not to damage his custom Fender Stratocaster, which is already spattered with its own red mess.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Eftekhari worries that the mood at Iran’s first match, where fans and protesters clashed, affected the players.
    Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • Moises and Makhachev clashed in 2021 before Makhachev began his title runs at 155 and 170 pounds.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The birds chirped a little bit louder.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields.
    Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
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“Clopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clopped. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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