2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
[U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Lope — es un nombre de pila español actualmente en desuso, pero que se conserva en el apellido patronímico López. Proviene del latín lupus, lobo.[1] Es el nombre de las siguientes personas: Siglo XI Lope Íñiguez Siglo XII Lope Díaz I de Haro Lope Díaz… … Wikipedia Español
lope — [ lɔp ] n. f. • 1887; de lopaille « pédéraste passif », altér. de copaille, copain ♦ Péj. 1 ♦ Arg. Homosexuel. 2 ♦ Fam. Personne lâche. C est une lope. T. d injure Bande de lopes ! ● lopette ou lope nom féminin Populaire Homme veule, sans… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lope — ist ein heute kaum noch vergebener spanischer männlicher Vorname.[1] Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung 2 Namensträger 3 Sonstiges … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lopé — Lope Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Lope (Loup) est un prénom d origine hispanique, actuellement désuet, mais que l on retrouve dans le patronyme López (en portugais, Lopes ) ; il… … Wikipédia en Français
Lope — is an old Spanish given name, derived from Latin lupus , meaning wolf . Lope may refer to:*Félix Lope de Vega (1562 1635), Spanish poet; *Lope de Aguirre Others*Canter *Lope Department Gabonee also*Lupe *Lopez *Ochoa … Wikipedia
lope — [ləup US loup] v also lope off [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: hlaupa to jump ] to run easily with long steps lope along/across/up etc ▪ He loped off down the corridor. >lope n [singular] … Dictionary of contemporary English
Lope — Lope, imp. of {Leap}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lope — Lope, n. 1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lope — [ loup ] verb intransitive lope off/into/towards/along to run with long slow steps: I saw him come loping along the road … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lope — [lōp] vi. loped, loping [ME lopen < ON hlaupa, to leap, run (or MDu lopen): see LEAP] to move along easily, with a long, swinging stride or in an easy canter vt. to cause to lope n. a long, easy, swinging stride loper n … English World dictionary
