clopping

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Verb

clopping

1. present participle and gerund of clop

Noun

clopping (countable and uncountable, plural cloppings)

1. The sound or action of something that clops.
   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 9:

     But this morning was different. Disturbingly, because mysteriously, different. No wheels rumbled, no busses roared, no sound of a car of any kind, in fact, was to be heard; no brakes, no horns, not even the clopping of the few rare horses that still occasionally passed; nor, as there should be at such an hour, the composite tramp of work-bound feet.

   • a. 1989, Samuel R. Delany, Return to Nevèrÿon:

     The hooves' cloppings came to them down the path.

2. (My Little Pony fandom slang) The act of masturbating to erotic fanart of My Little Pony characters.
   • 2013 September 9, Thomas Raethel, “The Mysterious World of Bronies”, in Critic, number 22, University of Otago, page 33:

     According to an internal study undertaken by bronies themselves, 19.05 per cent of respondents engaged in clopping.

   • 2014 May, Brian R., “Top 5: Mother's Day Gifts”, in Desire Magazine, page 19:

     You prove your ability to procreate by tastefully introducing your Mother to your My Little Pony collection and your fervent love of clopping (Urban Dictionary it) and your amazing fedora hat rack!

   • 2015 March 10, Terrence Smith, “Galloping With the Bronies”, in Valley Advocate:

     And the most uncomfortable question bronies get is about “clopping,” that is, masturbating to pony porn.

Derived terms

• clopfic