See Also: lope(medicine)
lope(1)(dictionary)
lope(2)(dictionary)
lope(dictionary)
Vega, Lope de(encyclopedia)

lope(2) (iou)



lope verb intrans. ME.
[Var. of LOUP verb.]
Leap, jump, spring, (about). obsolete exc. dial. ME.
Run (away). Now only slang & dial. LME.
Run with a long bounding stride. (Foll. by along, away.) E19.
V. Woolf As I lay in the grass a hare loped past me. H. Williamson He went for long runs, loping along.