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verb

present tense third-person singular of lope
as in hops
to move with a light springing step the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air

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lopes

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noun

plural of lope
as in bounces

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lopes
  1. hops
  2. skips
  3. bounces
  4. bounds
Verb
  • In one particularly zany scene that was teased to the public, Hart (OK, his stuntman) hops on a pink stretch limo zooming around the Brickell area.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • Even to the extent that a particular state starts out with the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws, differing (and sometimes wildly differing) application of those rules can vary as one hops across state borders.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of hops
Noun
  • The knob controls volume and can be clicked to pause and resume content (double- or triple-clicking skips and reverses songs, respectively).
    — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 23 June 2026
  • And the fact that her records are all bangers and no skips helps.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 June 2026
Definition of skips
Verb
  • When an account doesn’t have enough money, the check bounces.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • As Warner begins to ponder the effects of time, his son runs and bounces through the living room, swerving around the breakfast he’s being coaxed to eat.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of bounces
Verb
  • Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
  • Oprah Winfrey bounds into view in a white dress.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of bounds
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