loper
noun
loper is a noun meaning “One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-P-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of loper is lopers.
What does loper mean?
noun
- 1
One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
- 2
A swivel placed at one end of the ropewalk, with the whirl being at the opposite end.
- 3
USA wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce loper?
Loper has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of loper
- lopers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is loper?
Loper appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does loper come from?
From lope (“to leap, to run”) + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).