lope
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.
to cause to lope, as a horse.
the act or the gait of loping.
a long, easy stride.
Origin of lope
1Words Nearby lope
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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 | THE DAILY BEASTPiegan swung into the coulée at a fast lope, and we stole carefully down to meet him.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThis 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. StreetShe saw him pause, bend his head, then lope away in the direction taken by Rajah.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrathThe 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
/ (ləʊp) /
(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
a long steady gait or stride
Origin of lope
1Derived forms of lope
- loper, noun
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