Category:Lope

Lope, imp.

Defn: of Leap. [Obs.] And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.

lope Lope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped; p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] Etym: [See Leap.]

1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes." Middleton.

2. To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]

lope Lope, n.

1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]

2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope,. . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a crade. T. B. Thorpe.