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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.

Words related to lope

gallop, trot, canter, run, bound

Words nearby lope

loot, lop, lop nur, lop-eared, lopatnikov, lope, lope de vega, loper, loperamide, lopez, lopho-

Origin of lope

1375–1425; late Middle English < Dutch lopen to run, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap
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British Dictionary definitions for loped

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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