Word Direct Answers

What does "lope" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]
  2. 3.A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
  3. 4.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.

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