- present participle of lope.
loping
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It has a twangy guitar, stately woodwinds and a loping groove that makes you feel like you’re nudging a herd of cattle through a mountain pass on a cloudless day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
It was Wayne — America’s biggest movie star, the self-reliant enforcer, the loping lawman who set the world to rights by virtue of his unbending fortitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
And they’re attracted to rhythmic thumps on the surface, so the Fremen — people who live in the Arrakis desert — walk in strange, loping, arrhythmic steps to avoid accidental detection.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Waddle soon became the toast of Provence with his easy, loping style earning him the nickname 'Magie Chris' - Magic Chris - as he went on to score 28 goals in 140 appearances for OM.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
He begins loping into the darkness and I follow.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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