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gallop

[gal-uhp]

verb (used without object)

  1. to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.

    They galloped off to meet their friends.

  2. to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.

  3. to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.

noun

  1. a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.

  2. a run or ride at this gait.

  3. a rapid rate of going.

  4. a period of going rapidly.

gallop

/ ˈɡæə /

verb

  1. (intr) (of a horse or other quadruped) to run fast with a two-beat stride in which all four legs are off the ground at once

  2. to ride (a horse, etc) at a gallop

  3. (intr) to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds

  2. an instance of galloping

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • galloper noun
  • outgallop verb (used with object)
  • ˈDZ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gallop1

1375–1425; late Middle English galopen (v.) < Old French galoper < Frankish *wala hlaupan to run well ( well 1, leap ) or, alternatively, verbal derivative of *walhlaup, equivalent to *wal battlefield (cognate with Old High German wal; Valkyrie ) + *hlaup run, course (derivative of the v.)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gallop1

C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin
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Instead, they’re sweeping landscapes, a beautiful man on a galloping horse, a wistful goodbye between two lovers with no backstory.

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Instead, just prodigious talent, Tigger-ish energy, galloping pace and a presumption that the world is his for the taking.

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We’ve rounded up seven essential ways to witness the Black West in all its grit, glory and gallop.

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Nick Rockett galloped away from top weight I Am Maximus after the final fence to win by two and a half lengths.

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Both Constitution Hill and State Man appeared galloped away unscathed from their falls.

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