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Loping

To travel an easy pace with long strides.

📖 Definitions of "Loping"

verb

1
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
"He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground."
2
To jump, leap.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
snipverb	To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
clipverb	To grip tightly.
trimverb	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
seververb	(transitive) To cut free.
cut backverb	(transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
dressverb	(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
cropverb	(transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
pruneverb	(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
amblingverb	The act of one who ambles.
saunteringverb	A casual stroll.
skittersverb	(intransitive) To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
dartingverb	Characterized by sudden, quick movements.
boundingverb	The act of one who bounds or leaps.
stridingverb	The act of one who strides; a long step.
thunderingverb	Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
boppingverb	(colloquial, transitive) To strike gently or playfully.
gallopingverb	Movement at a gallop.
glidingverb	The action or motion of something that glides.
scootingverb	(intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
meanderingverb	Winding or rambling.