Word of the Day: CLOOP


ETYMOLOGY
imitative


EXAMPLE
“…As she was speaking I heard a sort of cloop, by which well-known sound I was aware that somebody was opening a bottle of wine, and Ponto entered, in a huge white neckcloth, and a rather shabby black suit …”

From: The Book of Snobs
By William Makepeace Thackeray, 1848

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