lope

 
Pronunciation: /ləʊp/

verb

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • walk or run with a long bounding stride: the dog was loping along by his side (as adjective loping) a loping stride

noun

[in singular]
  • a long bounding stride: they set off at a fast lope

Origin:

Middle English: variant of Scots loup, from Old Norse hlaupa 'leap'