Definition of "lope" in English

verb

1. To travel an easy pace with long strides.

   • He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To jump, leap.

   • 1621-22, Thomas Middleton et al, The Spanish Gypsy he that lopes on the ropes

noun

1. An easy pace with long strides.