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lope
English
Etymology
Alteration of loup, from Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, jump”). See leap. Cognate with German laufen (“walk, run”), Danish løbe, Dutch lopen (“walk, run”), Norwegian løpe (“run”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l??p/
- (US) IPA(key): /lo?p/
- Rhymes: -??p
- Homophone: Lop
Verb
lope (third-person singular simple present lopes, present participle loping, simple past and past participle loped)
- To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To jump, leap.
- And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
- 1621-22, Thomas Middleton et al, The Spanish Gypsy
- he that lopes on the ropes
Derived terms
- loper
Related terms
- elope
- interlope
Translations
Noun
lope (plural lopes)
- An easy pace with long strides.
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
- Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]
- 1931, Home Geographic Monthly (volumes 1-2, page 45)
Translations
References
Anagrams
- LEPO, Pole, olpe, pleo-, pole
Afrikaans
Noun
lope
- plural of loop
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English rope.
Noun
lope
- rope
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
lope
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lopen
Anagrams
- loep, poel
French
Etymology
Clipping of salope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?p/
Noun
lope f (plural lopes)
- (slang, derogatory) male homosexual
- (by extension, derogatory) cowardly, characterless man
Further reading
- “lope” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Inari Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Northern Sami lohpi.
Noun
lope
- promise
Inflection
Derived terms
- lopedi?
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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prance
English
Etymology
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance; literally, to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”). Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). More at prank.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p?æn(t)s/
- Rhymes: -æns
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???n(t)s/
- Rhymes: -??ns
Verb
prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)
- (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
- (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
Derived terms
- prancesome
- prancy
Translations
Noun
prance (plural prances)
- A prancing movement.
- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
- There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,
- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
Anagrams
- parcen
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