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lope

[ lohp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

loped, loping.

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, loping.

to cause to lope, as a horse.

noun

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

lope

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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

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog 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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lope¹

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

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It was Wayne — America’s biggest movie star, the self-reliant enforcer, the loping lawman who set the world to rights by virtue of his unbending fortitude.

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But soon his sprint slows and his legs start to lope as his arms swing with less force.

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A bluesy country-rock lope with perversely creamy backing vocals by the Eagles, “Rednecks” reveals not only the hate in one man’s heart but also the means by which prejudice becomes part of a nation’s core.

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She hurtled through the air most weeks as Lynda Carter’s stunt double on the hit television series “Wonder Woman” and mimed Ms. Carter’s leggy lope.

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All three grabbed fur and managed to keep themselves on the wolf’s back as he loped off into the woods.

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