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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

/ ˈɡæ±ôÉ™±è /

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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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ²¹±ô±ô´Ç±è±ð°ù, noun
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  • ²µ²¹±ôl´Ç±è·±ð°ù noun
  • ´Ç³Ü³Ùg²¹±ôl´Ç±è verb (used with object)
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gallop1

C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

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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Inflation galloped at rates up to 14%, and global gasoline shortages closed service stations and created high prices and long lines.

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Muir then claimed their sixth try, galloping again into the corner.

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