as in to hop
to move with a light springing step the dog raced off and then lolloped back with a large stick in its mouth

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Recent Examples of lollop In the foreground, two sea lions lollop up a beach toward the frame, while another looks over its shoulder, apprehending, with what one imagines would be no small horror, that a killer whale has just exploded out of the Atlantic breakers behind them. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
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  • No one was exactly eager to hop back into the weight room, meeting room and practice field when the offseason program began that April.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Those with international tastes or curiosity can now hop aboard one of Connecticut’s rail lines and try that food within walking distance from select stations.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
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  • Lopez was making just his third career start after bouncing between Triple-A and MLB with the Tampa Bay Rays over the previous two seasons.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 May 2025
  • Haliburton then retreated, took multiple steps back to the arc and threw up a prayer that bounced up in the air, causing the home crowd to erupt.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
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  • The Times also soft-pedaled the introduction of the pope’s lineage by skipping a generation and attributing his Blackness to his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Louise Martínez.
    Rebecca R. Bibbs, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • Instead of a college deferring an Early Decision applicant to the Regular Decision round, only to then waitlist them (this unfortunately happens), some schools are skipping the deferral and sending them directly to the waitlist.
    Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025

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“Lollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lollop. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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