Lope is a verb that means to travel at an easy pace with long strides.

Our word of the day gets its origin from the Middle English word for ‘leap.’ It is best used when referring to someone moving at a casual, leisurely pace.

As a kid, I would lope through those open fields for hours, taking long, easy strides — until I heard those rattlesnakes in the bushes and I took faster, less easy strides into the house.