lope

See also: Lope, lopë, and løpe

English

WOTD – 24 February 2009

Etymology

Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”)^[1]. See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”).

Pronunciation

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Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -əʊp

Verb

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To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
  “And the holidays?” Murgo proposed one evening as they loped down a bridlepath past lovers fondling in the grass. “Fun, are they? High living?”
He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
(obsolete, intransitive) To jump, leap.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1
  And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
- (Can we date this quote by Middleton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
  he that lopes on the ropes

Derived terms

loper

Related terms

elope

Translations

to travel an easy pace with long strides

Czech: klusat
Finnish: harppoa (fi)
French: courir en bondissant
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Italian: procedere a lunghi salti
Russian: размашисто идти (razmašisto idti)
Spanish: correr a paso largo

Noun

lope (plural lopes)

An easy pace with long strides.
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
  Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lope”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

LEPO, Pole, olpe, pleo-, pole

Afrikaans

Noun

lope

plural of loop

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English rope.

Noun

lope

rope

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

lope

(deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lopen

Anagrams

loep, poel

French

Etymology

Clipping of salope.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɔp/

Noun

lope f (plural lopes)

(slang, derogatory) male homosexual
(by extension, derogatory) cowardly, characterless man
- 1994, Yasmina Reza, ‘Art’:
  Marc. Si c’est grâce à lui que tu es revenu tendre ton autre joue, tu peux le remercier. Il a fait de toi une lope, mais tu es content, c’est l’essentiel.
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