lope

[ lohp ]

/ loʊp /

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verb (used without object), loped, lop·ing.

to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.

to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse.

verb (used with object), loped, lop·ing.

to cause to lope, as a horse.

noun

the act or the gait of loping.

a long, easy stride.

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Origin of lope

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English verb lopen, loupen, laupen “to jump, leap,” from Old Norse hlaupa; see also leap, loup²

Words nearby lope

loosies, loosing, loot, lop, Lopatnikov, lope, lop-eared, Lope de Vega, loper, loperamide, Lopez

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How to use lope in a sentence

Duane and Dicky lope backstage afterwards to “do some sniff,” as Dicky terms it.
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band|Grover Lewis|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Piegan swung into the coulée at a fast lope, and we stole carefully down to meet him.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
This is Cervantes's description of the national stage in the time of his immediate predecessor, Lope de Rueda.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
She saw him pause, bend his head, then lope away in the direction taken by Rajah.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath

The ponies were coming at the lope now, and not an instant was to be lost.
Warrior Gap|Charles King
It has him down under the marriages with Pen-e-lope Miranda Folwell.
Tabitha at Ivy Hall|Ruth Alberta Brown

British Dictionary definitions for lope

lope

/ (ləʊp) /

verb

(intr) (of a person) to move or run with a long swinging stride

(intr) (of four-legged animals) to run with a regular bounding movement

to cause (a horse) to canter with a long easy stride or (of a horse) to canter in this manner

noun

a long steady gait or stride

Derived forms of lope

loper, noun

Word Origin for lope

C15: from Old Norse hlaupa to leap; compare Middle Dutch lopen to run

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