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gallop
[ gal-uhp ]
verb (used without object)
- to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed:
They galloped off to meet their friends.
- to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.
- to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.
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verb (used with object)
- to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.
noun
- 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.
- a run or ride at this gait.
- a rapid rate of going.
- a period of going rapidly.
gallop
/ ˈɡæə /
verb
- 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
- to ride (a horse, etc) at a gallop
- intr to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry
noun
- the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds
- an instance of galloping
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Derived Forms
- ˈDZ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- lDZ· noun
- dzܳglDZ verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gallop1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gallop1
C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin
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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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Rangers were galloping through the Europa League at this point.
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Yes, his home burned to the ground after he fled a galloping wall of flames with his wife, their toddler, two dogs and the few items they managed to cram into their cars.
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