loping
present participle oflope
lope
verb[I]
uk/ləʊp/us/loʊp/(of apersonoranimal) toruntakinglong,relaxedsteps:
Thelionlopedacrossthegrass.
Moving firmly on foot
- breeze
- clomp
- clump
- flounce
- goose step
- lope
- mark
- pace
- parade
- prance
- quick march!idiom
- sashay
- stamp
- stomp
- stride
- strut
- swagger
- swaggeringly
- unmounted
- waltz
Examplesofloping
loping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Then, to the noblylopingaccompaniment of the closing ritornello, a final, horrible picture flashes before us - the very image that has haunted the whole film.
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The brass and reed sections provide emphasis behind an off-kilter andlopingwaltz backdrop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A quirkish,lopingtracker of a man, sharp-faced and sharp-eyed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Now it will do a 270-degree circlelopingup the centerline of the arena.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the large serpentine, the horse will lope over the log whilelopingaround the cone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Everybody else, get ready for a bizarre soap opera/pageant, consisting of a succession of static scenes with characterslopinginto the frame to announce exactly what they're thinking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It moves with thelopingenergy of a crafty psychopath, or of film makers gripped with the potential of blowing the moviegoer's mind out through his eyes and ears.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rodgerslopingand melancholy vocal ornamentations have been described as that famous blue yodel that defies the rational and conjecturing mind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Snow'sloping, almost lazy run, of course, is sinisterly deceptive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lopingbecame the preferred method of movement.
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- range of motion
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- ranger
- ranger station
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- rank
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