[lohp] 
verb, loped, lop⋅ing, noun | 1. | to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person. |
| 2. | to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse. |
| 3. | to cause to lope, as a horse. |
| 4. | the act or the gait of loping. |
| 5. | a long, easy stride. |
| lope (lōp) intr.v. loped, lop·ing, lopes To run or ride with a steady, easy gait. n. A steady, easy gait. [Middle English lopen, to leap, from Old Norse hlaupa.] lop'er n. |
