Love for Words — lope

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May 2, 2015
___ A person or an animal is at a steady gait when they lope.

That gait may be medium to fast speed, and may include a bit o’ bounce.

“Lope” word origin includes Old Norse word hlaupa, that means “to leap,” and the Old Dutch word lopen, that means “to run.”

Definitions via CollinsDictionary.com include:
1. (of a person) to move or run with a long swinging stride
2. (of four-legged animals) to run with a regular bounding movement
… and as a Noun:
— a long steady gait or stride

Here are a few sentence examples:
● Michele felt nervous beginning the horseback ride at the dude ranch, and panicked as her horse started to lope.
● When released from the barn to the pasture, the horse loped over the hill and out of sight.
● The old man winked and nodded then loped across the prairie.
● The coyotes loped quietly toward the campsite.
● After the argument with his boss, Howard walked out of the office, took the elevator to the lobby, and proceeded at a determined lope onto the city street.

Can you give an example of a person or animal loping?

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