gallop
Gallop is defined as to hurry or move quickly.
(verb)An example of gallop is for a horse to race quickly up a hill.
The definition of a gallop is the fast speed at which a horse moves when all four feet are off the ground, or any fast pace.
(noun)- An example of a gallop is a horse's speed around a racetrack.
- An example of a gallop is a quick series of decisions: moved along at a gallop.
See gallop in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
- to go at a gallop
- to move, progress, or act very fast; hurry
Origin: ME galopen < OFr galoper < Frank *walahlaupan, to run well < *wala, akin to well + *hlaupan, to run, akin to leap
transitive verb
noun
- the fastest gait of a horse or other animal, consisting of a succession of leaping strides with all the feet off the ground at one time
- a ride on a galloping animal
- any fast pace, speedy action, or rapid progression
Origin: OFr galop
See gallop in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.b. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
- A ride taken at a gallop.
- A rapid pace: Events were proceeding at a gallop.
- Medicine A disordered rhythm of the heart characterized by three or four distinct heart sounds in each cycle and resembling the sound of a galloping horse. Also called cantering rhythm, gallop rhythm.
- To cause to gallop.
- To transport at or as if at a gallop: gallop the mail to the next station.
- To ride a horse at a gallop.
- To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English galopen, to go at a gallop
Origin: , from Old French galoper
Origin: , of Germanic origin; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- galˈlop·er noun
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