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lope
[ lohp ]
verb (used without object)
- 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)
- to cause to lope, as a horse.
noun
- the act or the gait of loping.
- a long, easy stride.
lope
/ ±ôəʊ±è /
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
- ˈ±ô´Ç±è±ð°ù, noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of lope1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of lope1
Example Sentences
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.
But soon his sprint slows and his legs start to lope as his arms swing with less force.
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.
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.
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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