clapping

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“At any given point, the pike was a symphony of spinning wheels, creaking cabs, clopping hooves, and droning livestock,” Mr. Crytzer writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

Early last week, bystanders on Victoria Road may have been fortunate enough to see Taranteeno the Marvellous clopping by.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021

Like cruising in a gondola in Venice, clopping through the cobblestone streets of Granada in a horse-drawn carriage is on the agenda of every tourist and tour guide.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2017

Grover cowered by the railing, his hooves clopping back and forth.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan