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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Lope

/lōp/ · IPA /loʊp/
01 imp. of Leap.
  1. 1.
    of Leap.[Obs.] See: Leap
    “And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.”
02 v. i. To leap; to dance.
imp. & p. p. Loped; p. pr. & vb. n. Loping
  1. 1.
    To leap; to dance.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.[U.S.]
  3. 3.
    To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.
03 n. A leap; a long step.
  1. 1.
    A leap; a long step.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 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 cradle.” — T. B. Thorpe.