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lope

UK/ləʊp/ US/loʊp/ uncommon obsolete
verb (1) noun (2)

verb

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noun

1.

a slow pace of running

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2.

a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

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From Middle English lopen, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe (“run”), Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”). Doublet of leap.

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