gallop

[Gal·lop]

A gallop is a horse's fastest gait, a full on run. A loud noise might cause a trotting horse to panic and break into a gallop.

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To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

Noun
a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

Verb
ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"

Verb
cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"

Verb
go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"

v. i.
To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

v. i.
To ride a horse at a gallop.

v. i.
Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

v. t.
To cause to gallop.

v. i.
A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.

Gallop

Gal"lop , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Galloped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Galloping.] [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehle'a0pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.] 1. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

But gallop lively down the western hill.

2. To ride a horse at a gallop. 3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.

Gallop

Gal"lop , v. t. To cause to gallop.

Gallop

Gal"lop, n. [Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.] A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

To cause to gallop.

A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.

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Usage Examples

Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop.

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Other Usage Examples

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.