'Lope' definitions:
Definition of 'lope'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Lope'
From: GCIDE
- Lope \Lope\, imp. of Leap. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lope'
From: GCIDE
- Lope \Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped; p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] [See Leap.]
- 1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes." --Middleton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people. [PJC]
Definition of 'Lope'
From: GCIDE
- Lope \Lope\, n.
- 1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle. --T. B. Thorpe. [1913 Webster] Lopeared
Synonyms of 'lope'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- bound,
- burst,
- burst of speed,
- canter,
- caracole,
- curvet,
- dash,
- dead run,
- dogtrot,
- flank speed,
- flat-out speed,
- forced draft,
- fox-trot,
- frisk,
- full gallop,
- gallop,
- get,
- git,
- go on horseback,
- hack,
- hand gallop,
- headlong rush,
- heavy right foot,
- high lope,
- hightail,
- hop,
- hop along,
- hotfoot,
- jog trot,
- leap,
- make tracks,
- maximum speed,
- mount,
- open throttle,
- pace,
- piaffe,
- plunge,
- prance,
- race,
- ride bareback,
- ride hard,
- romp,
- run,
- rush,
- scamper,
- scud,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- skitter,
- spring,
- sprint,
- spurt,
- step,
- step along,
- step lively,
- take horse,
- tittup,
- trip,
- trot,
- wide-open speed