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Clumping   /klˈəmpɪŋ/   Listen
Clumping

noun
1.
The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.  Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking.






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"Clumping" Quotes from Famous Books



... clumping slowly along in his rubber boots; an old cap was slewed awry on his head, its peak drawn down over one ear. He cocked up the other ear at sound of voices on the porch and loafed up and sat down on the edge of the boarding. ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

... house would be out upon the land at this time of day, while Sally would be full of household work, and preparing their homely supper. So she walked in bravely at the open door, while her sister waited with the pony in the yard. Sally was clumping about in clog-shoes, with a child or two sprawling after her (for Tommy's wife was away with him at work), and if the place was not as clean as could be, it seemed ...
— Mary Anerley • R. D. Blackmore

... be done, there came a heavy clumping step up to the house, and a knock at the door; and then a person entered whom Juanita did not know. A hard-featured woman, in an old-fashioned black straw bonnet, and faded old shawl drawn tight round her. She came directly ...
— Melbourne House • Elizabeth Wetherell



Words linked to "Clumping" :   sound, clopping, clop



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