lolloped

verb

past tense of lollop
as in hopped
to move with a light springing step the dog raced off and then lolloped back with a large stick in its mouth

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lolloped
  1. hopped
  2. bounced
  3. bounded
Verb
  • Chloë Sevigny was an early adopter, and by now, everyone from Jennifer Lawrence to have hopped on the trend.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
  • So, around dark, the two men hopped the fence and made their way onto the property.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopped
Verb
  • Dailey kept the ball on a zone-read play, slipped behind the left guard and bounced it outside for a touchdown that made it 14-7 and gave Northern Iowa (2-2, 1-0) the lead for good 49 seconds into the second quarter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Daily Show has bounced from Craig Kilborn to Jon Stewart to Trevor Noah to various hosts and Jon Stewart again.
    — Taylor Tomlinson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bounced
Verb
  • But previous grids had been tightly bounded—patches of orthogonal civilization within an arcing and twisting terrain.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Area 3 is bounded by Russell Boulevard and Fourth Street to the south, Covell Boulevard to the north, Highway 113 to the west and L Street to the north.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bounded
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

lollop
lolloped
lolloping
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Lolloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lolloped. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of tittle

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Oct. 2

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
name tags
Words Named After People Quiz Find out who’s behind "leotard," "morphine," an...
See All