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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lolloping
  1. hopping
  2. bouncing
  3. bounding
  4. loping
  5. skipping
Verb
  • And there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than hopping on the rails for a ride through Colorado with the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • And then bouncing to another team again, which has been one of the hard parts for me.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Pick them up and show them around the clinic, bouncing them on her hip.
    — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of bouncing
Verb
  • The sound of a teenager bounding down the stairs of our home.
    — John Biemer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bounding
Verb
  • 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
Definition of loping
Verb
  • On Sunday, the plan appeared no more complex than hoping that Bruno Fernandes or Kobbie Mainoo could produce a miracle pass or, in the first half, that Marcus Rashford could generate momentum by skipping past defenders.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Tourists are skipping the gift shop for konbini snacks, celebrity smoothies and private-label finds, and the retailers are paying attention.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of skipping
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“Lolloping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lolloping. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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