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# lollop

verb (lollop, lollops, lolloped, lolloping — informal)

«lollop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To move along in a clumsy, bouncing, loose way, like a big puppy or a rabbit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#m1)

### In the lessons

A fun descriptive word in stories about animals: dogs lollop, hares lollop, a big friendly creature lollops along. It paints a picture of floppy, happy movement. Kipling uses this kind of bounding movement for the Kangaroo in the Just So Stories, chased by Yellow-Dog Dingo.

### Examples

- The big puppy came lolloping across the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#x1)
- The hare lolloped away over the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#x2)
- Rabbits lollop when they are not in a hurry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#x3)
- The kangaroo lolloped across the plain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#x4)
- A shaggy dog lolloped up to say hello. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#x5)
- The baby elephant lolloped behind its mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/#x6)

### Note

Informal. Spelled with one p in the past: lolloped, lolloping (stress on LOL). Similar: bound, lope, bounce.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lollop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lollop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lollop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lollop.html) on Mova free.