loped
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loped - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Lope \Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Loping.] [See Leap.]
1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the
ropes." --Middleton.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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