to lope

Examples

• All

• Me and Barry got him loping over the hills... just like he owned the bloody place.

  Bad Taste (1987)

• A pack of lean dogs, all different colors, loped across the street far ahead of her.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A small, baby-faced boy, maybe 18, lopes toward us from the parking lot.

  Fiction book (1995)

• It was as pretty a sight as you ever saw to see him come loping across them hills.

  The Women (1939)

• Comes out the door and lopes across the driveway toward the Mercedes.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Next, I see these big feet in high-powered Nikes loping off into the daylight.

  Fiction book (1997)

• I was halfway across the jammed parking lot when Dan Forrest loped to my side.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Many miles away, across the open plains, another beautiful feral beast lopes his way to a watering hole.

  The Gentlemen (2020)

• "In shorts and a pink button-down shirt, she came loping across the sparkling space toward him.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I finally saw Sampson loping through the USAir gate with long, determined strides.

  Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

L

to lollop

vsto lope

9.1

To walk with an awkward, relaxed bounce

moves using long easy relaxed steps without awkward bouncing

Antonyms

H

to hurry

∞ 1.0

To move or act quickly because there is little time

R

to race

91 1.0

To move or work very quickly to reach a goal

How Fast

sprint

55 2.1

to run

∞ 1.0

to jog

29 1.0

to lope

8 7.0

to walk

∞ 1.0

to stroll

122 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology