lope

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Recitation of verse at a lope is apt to be punctuated according to the physical contour of the ground In the Pull--man car with turnin' fans The desert looks like a lovely p--_lace But crossin' a_lone on the burn_in' sands She's hell, with a grin on her face Got to slow up to get that right," he said, "or jest stop an' git off.

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  1. intransitive verb To run or ride with a steady, easy gait.
  2. noun A steady, easy gait.

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  • Hayden was riding well ahead of the coach in an easy lope, his broad shoulders braced against the wind. —  ONE NIGHT OF SCANDAL
  • Dante shifted to an effortless lope, a pace that would let him overtake the Seeker before the witch even sensed its presence. —  Author Galley
  • They fell into a long lope, the sort of gait used when they expected to be running for a while, turning a little aside now and then to avoid plowed ground where the mud would suck speed and strength out of the hooves and legs of their mounts. —  Map.html
  • Although much of the anatomy that lets us lope is the same equipment that humans first evolved for walking, the researchers say many of our physical traits seem tailor-made for sustained running. —  doggdot.us
  • The big white horse swung into a joyous lope, and the Texan hummed a Southern melody Crossing a wide stretch of plain, they mounted a rise, and the character of the country changed. —  Kid Wolf of Texas
 

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canter ·  trot ·  gallop ·  gait ·  stride ·  pirouette

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lope:   loped ·  loping ·  lopes
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English lopen, to leap, from Old Norse hlaupa.

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  1. from Middle English lopen, a variant of lepen (Anglo-Saxon hleápan), perhaps due in part to Low German lopen, Dutch loopen, leap: see leap.
  2. from Middle English lope; from lope, v. Cf. leap, n.
 

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