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verb

Definition of lopenext
as in to hop
to move with a light springing step the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air

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lope

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noun

as in bounce

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Recent Examples of lope
Verb
The other two shots were right at the rim, while the Hawkeyes hit a loping 3-pointer. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Muller and editor Noel Paul don’t impose a narrative arc on these fragmented lives, instead casually drifting between them at a pace that suggests the loping rhythm of their days. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
Deep in the Singing Spruce Forest bear hunters unsnapped their rifles and began the long lope home. — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds. — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope
  1. hop
  2. bounce
  3. skip
  4. leap
Verb
  • The audio of the sports stars’ heated conversation is largely inaudible, so Paul hopped online to offer his side of the story.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • As the rain began to pick up and mist rolled into the mountains, a few of us hopped in the working car to visit a cafe 4 miles down the road at a seaside campground.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of hop
Noun
  • Players will experience unforeseen bounces, and shots will cascade down undulations and into tricky pot bunkers.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Despite this recent bounce, shares are down 18% year to date —drastically underperforming the S & P 500’s more than 10% advance over the same stretch.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of bounce
Verb
  • The horrors of what Henry has left behind — and could easily be returned to — are hardly skipped over.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Deng skipped her title defense to play in the Evian Championship last week in France.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of skip
Noun
  • Hardly a huge technological leap, but the opt-in tool has raised some questions among Apple’s roughly 30,000 retail staffers across more than 500 stores.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • The duo’s two-decade relationship emboldened him to take a leap of faith on himself.
    — Emma Urdangen, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Definition of leap

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