gallop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
  2. verb ride at a galloping pace
    • He was galloping down the road
  3. verb go at galloping speed
    • The horse was galloping along
  4. verb cause to move at full gallop
    extend.
    • Did you gallop the horse just now?

WordNet

Gal"lop intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehleápan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Galloped ; present participle & verbal noun Galloping
Definitions
  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. Donne.
  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. Locke.
Gal"lop transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to gallop.
Gal"lop noun
Etymology
Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.
Definitions
  1. 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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