"lope" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ləʊp/ [UK], /loʊp/ [US] Audio: en-us-lope.ogg [US] Forms: lopes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap. Etymology templates: {{m|sco|loup}} loup, {{der|en|non|hlaupa|t=to leap, jump}} Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”), {{m|en|leap}} leap, {{cog|de|laufen|t=walk, run}} German laufen (“walk, run”), {{cog|da|løbe}} Danish løbe, {{cog|nl|lopen|t=walk, run}} Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), {{cog|no|løpe|t=run}} Norwegian løpe (“run”), {{doublet|en|leap}} Doublet of leap Head templates: {{en-noun}} lope (plural lopes)
  1. An easy pace with long strides. Translations (easy pace with long strides): Kanter [masculine] (German), leichter Galopp [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-lope-en-noun-s4YvYP4Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 39

Verb

IPA: /ləʊp/ [UK], /loʊp/ [US] Audio: en-us-lope.ogg [US] Forms: lopes [present, singular, third-person], loping [participle, present], loped [participle, past], loped [past]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap. Etymology templates: {{m|sco|loup}} loup, {{der|en|non|hlaupa|t=to leap, jump}} Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”), {{m|en|leap}} leap, {{cog|de|laufen|t=walk, run}} German laufen (“walk, run”), {{cog|da|løbe}} Danish løbe, {{cog|nl|lopen|t=walk, run}} Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), {{cog|no|løpe|t=run}} Norwegian løpe (“run”), {{doublet|en|leap}} Doublet of leap Head templates: {{en-verb}} lope (third-person singular simple present lopes, present participle loping, simple past and past participle loped)
  1. To travel an easy pace with long strides. Translations (to travel an easy pace with long strides): klusat (Czech), harppoa (Finnish), courir en bondissant (French), leicht galoppieren (German), kantern (German), eilen (German), springend rennen (German), procedere a lunghi salti (Italian), размашисто идти (razmašisto idti) (Russian), correr a paso largo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lope-en-verb-ioyHWUJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 39 Disambiguation of 'to travel an easy pace with long strides': 98 2
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To jump, leap. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-lope-en-verb-cd7yc56q Disambiguation of Gaits: 31 27 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 26 43 Disambiguation of Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 16 8 7 16 0 1 11 11 11 1 1 2 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: loper Related terms: elope, interlope

Inflected forms

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      "word": "размашисто идти"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to travel an easy pace with long strides",
      "word": "correr a paso largo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lope"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "loup"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "leap"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "løbe"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish løbe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "lopen",
        "t": "walk, run"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lopen (“walk, run”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "løpe",
        "t": "run"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian løpe (“run”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "leap"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of leap",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lopes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lope (plural lopes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1931, Home Geographic Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 45",
          "text": "Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An easy pace with long strides."
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ləʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/loʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊp"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Lop"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lope.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/En-us-lope.ogg/En-us-lope.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/En-us-lope.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easy pace with long strides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easy pace with long strides",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leichter Galopp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lope"
}

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