lope
/ləʊp
/verb [no object, with adverbial of direction]
Walk or run with a long bounding stride: the dog was loping along by his side (as adjective loping) a loping stride...
- As I was driving to work this morning, I passed a very large black dog loping along the pavement.
- It was a big shaggy thing loping along the side of the road.
- The nursery teacher is still trying to come to terms with having a big, dark coloured cat loping along the side of her car.
Synonyms
stride, run, bound;
lollop
noun [in singular]
A long bounding stride: they set off at a fast lope...
- He warned her, before he went from standing still to a fast lope.
- She swung up into the saddle, and nudged the chestnut into a fast lope.
- I broke into a lope, strides consuming the gap between us.
Origin
Middle English: variant of Scots loup, from Old Norse hlaupa 'leap'.
Rhymes
- oxycephaly
- oxychlorate
- oxychloride
- oxychlorination
- oxychloro
- oxychlorocruorin
- oxycholine
- oxycodone
- OxyContin
- oxycyanide
- oxydability
- oxydable
- oxydoreductase
- oxy-fatty
- oxyfluoride
- oxy-gas
- oxygen
- oxygen acid
- acid stomach
- acid suppressant
- acid-suppressing
- acid-sweet
- acid tablet
- acid test
- acid test ratio