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lope

[ lohp ]

verb (used without object)

loped, loping.
  1. to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
  2. to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse.


verb (used with object)

loped, loping.
  1. to cause to lope, as a horse.

noun

  1. the act or the gait of loping.
  2. a long, easy stride.

lope

/ ləʊp /

verb

  1. intr (of a person) to move or run with a long swinging stride
  2. intr (of four-legged animals) to run with a regular bounding movement
  3. to cause (a horse) to canter with a long easy stride or (of a horse) to canter in this manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a long steady gait or stride
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈloper, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lope1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English verb lopen, loupen, laupen “to jump, leap,” from Old Norse hlaupa; leap, loup 2( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lope1

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

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