Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loper

/lˈoʊpɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables: lop-er
IPA: /lˈoʊpɚ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.

noun

A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.

noun

A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

American usage

name

Example Sentences

"Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers and they are survivors."
"When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. [...] the big loper left on a slow gallop [...] Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf."
"Besides the cattle company paid a bounty for each coyote, loper wolf, panther, bobcat or bear. We had to buy our own six-shooter but the company furnished ammunition free. So it can be seen why most cowboys were pretty good shots."

Etymology

From lope (“to leap, to run”) + -er.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: lobo

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

lopers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

geländeläufer interloper landloper

Rhymes With

roper soper sloper koper hoeper

Questions

How do you pronounce loper?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈoʊpɚ/.
What does loper mean?: One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
Where does loper come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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