LOLLOPING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

lolloping

verb

present participle of lollop

as in hopping

to move with a light springing step the dog raced off and then lolloped back with a large stick in its mouth

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To descend to the pitch-black floor of a crater, Chang’e-7 will deploy a novel hopping probe.

— Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026
Sometimes, that means hopping on a plane to London after coaching a Friday night game.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hopping

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The weekly chart shows RRC bouncing once again from the lower boundary of its multi-year rising channel.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
The inning should have been over after Bo Bichette swung on a bouncing pitch that went back to the backstop, but Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz threw the ball past first base, and Bichette was safe.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bouncing

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For now, though, the puppy who once came bounding into CBS Texas is growing up right before our eyes.

— Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
East Portal Park was busy on Monday morning, with children bounding through the playground and the soft clunking of bocce balls echoing from the nearby courts.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of bounding

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Typical is a homeowner’s video from the other day of a coyote loping down a driveway in DeKalb’s Glendale Courts area.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Gradually, though, dubby hand percussion rises up from the deep, and soon a truculent, alien-sounding riff and loping dancehall cadence spin the compass point back toward Batu’s Bristol.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

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