Gallop

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
  • noun. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
  • noun. A ride taken at a gallop.
  • noun. A rapid pace.
  • noun. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to gallop.
  • intransitive verb. To go or move at a gallop.
  • intransitive verb. To move or progress swiftly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move or run by leaps, as a horse; run with steady and more or less rapid springs. See the noun.
  • To ride a horse that is running; ride at a running pace.
  • To move very fast; scamper.
  • To cause to gallop: as, he galloped his horse all the way.
  • noun. A leaping or springing gait or movement of horses (or other quadrupeds), in which the two fore feet are lifted from the ground in succession, and then the two hind feet in the same succession.
  • noun. A ride at a gallop; the act of riding an animal on the gallop.
  • noun. A kind of dance. See galop.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.
  • intransitive verb. To ride a horse at a gallop.
  • intransitive verb. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  • transitive verb. To cause to gallop.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. a slow or gentle gallop.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The fastest gait of a horse.
  • noun. A two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
  • verb. To ride at a galloping pace
  • verb. To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
  • verb. To run very fast
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. ride at a galloping pace
  • verb. cause to move at full gallop
  • noun. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
  • verb. go at galloping speed
  • Word Usage
    "In order to avoid that risk again, the jockey would have Spread the Word gallop for a mile or two before a race so as to exhaust it."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gait  pace  ride  ride horseback  sit  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gallup  scallop  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beat  canter  clatter  climb  gait  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form