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lope

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈləʊp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/loʊp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lōp)

Inflections of 'lope' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
lopes
v 3rd person singular
loping
v pres p
loped
v past
loped
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
lope /loʊp/USA pronunciation   v., loped, lop•ing, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. to move or run with bounding steps or with a long, easy stride.

n. [countable]
  1. the act of loping.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
lope  (lōp),USA pronunciation v., loped, lop•ing, n. 
v.i. 
  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.

v.t. 
  1. to cause to lope, as a horse.

n. 
  1. the act or the gait of loping.
  2. a long, easy stride.
  • Dutch lopen to run, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap
  • late Middle English 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
lope /ləʊp/ vb
  1. (intransitive) (of a person) to move or run with a long swinging stride
  2. (intransitive) (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
 n
  1. a long steady gait or stride
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old Norse hlaupa to leap; compare Middle Dutch lopen to runˈloper n
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