lope
lope
Definition
lope (lōp)
intransitive verb loped, lop′·ing
to move along easily, with a long, swinging stride or in an easy canter
Etymology: ME lopen < ON hlaupa, to leap, run (or MDu lopen): see leap
transitive verb
to cause to lope
noun
a long, easy, swinging stride
lop′er noun
lope
Usage Examples
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: Then he lopes down the street he's keeping this all together, thank God.
Object
- gait: I even spotted a tree in the distance bobbing along under its own steam with a most peculiar loping gait.
- rhythm: Mueller directs the film with a gentle, loping rhythm that really captures this simple man's life as well as the period.
- stride: Steve was also said to be " ice cool " and a " rugged tackler with a long loping stride " .
- run: Thought he was Griffiths until I recognized the loping run.
Adjective modifier
- easy: He lets himself drop into an easy lope, not bothering to try to catch her just yet.
Modifying Another Word
Followed by an intransitive particle
Browse dictionary entries near lope
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- loosefitting
- loose-tube cable
- loose-tongued
- loose smut
- Lope de Vega
- lophobranch
- lophophore
- loppy
- lopsided
- loq.
- loquacious
- loquacity
- loquat
- Lorain
