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gal·lop (galəp)

intransitive verb

  1. to go at a gallop
  2. to move, progress, or act very fast; hurry

Etymology: ME galopen < OFr galoper < Frank *walahlaupan, to run well < *wala, akin to well + *hlaupan, to run, akin to leap

transitive verb

to cause to gallop

noun

  1. 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
  2. a ride on a galloping animal
  3. any fast pace, speedy action, or rapid progression

Etymology: OFr galop

gallop Related Forms
gal·loper noun -·ing adjective
gallop Synonyms

gallop

v.

run, speed, tear, sprint, spring, leap, jump, ride at full speed, go at a gallop, bound, hurdle, swing, stride, lope, canter, trot, pace, rack, single-foot; see also race 1.

gallop Usage Examples

Object

  • hoof: Braddock Down Cromwell's army was defeated here in 1643, the sound of galloping hooves has been heard.
  • horse: Stanford wanted to find out whether all four legs of a galloping horse ever left the ground at the same time.
  • inflation: In a country with galloping inflation, presently at 411 percent, none of us ever seem to have enough money.
  • track: Course - Rowley: A wide, galloping track with a stiff finish.
  • round: He woke the neigbour's donkey and galloped round the field.
  • past: We just keep galloping past in front of them " .

Preposition: at

  • speed: The cavalry had gone and Sir William Waller himself had galloped away at full speed down the Bristol road.

Adjective modifier

  • full: In full gallop they reach 40 mph, covering 25 feet in a single stride.
  • fast: The captive ox was then driven in a fast gallop to the camp of the buyer.

Modifying Another Word

  • ahead: Internet use is supposed to be galloping ahead of TV viewing.
  • away: LOL Roni just to say a belated ' well done ' on your 3rd star - you're galloping away toward your 4th already!
  • forward: Then, showing great vision, he picked out Holt who was galloping forward in the inside right channel.
  • fast: The jockey said that his horse could gallop fast.

Noun used with modifier

  • horse: Will some dark horse gallop from a mysterious stable?

Followed by a transitive particle

  • down: Take off checks complete and all systems go, brakes off and gallop down the runway.

Preposition: of

  • horse: Here, also, crash his arrows; here, in the farthest glade, sounds the gallop of the pale horse.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • along: The film gallops along at a furious pace from start to finish of its 130 minutes duration.
  • off: Presently, a boy on a pony went galloping off to Mudbury, to the Doctor's house there.
  • around: A short break ensues whilst I gallop around putting up signs which say SILENCE PLEASE!
  • over: Anthony Anderson then profited from a perfect pass from prop Ian Gough and was able to gallop over for a try.
gallop Quotes

   Oh I am a cat that likes to Gallop about doing good.

—Smith, Stevie (Florence Margaret)

Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Why does he gallop and gallop about?

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

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