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Gallop

ˈɡaləp

Gallop definitions
noun
gallop gallops
  1. the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride

    "the horse broke into a furious gallop"

    • a ride on a horse at a gallop

      "Wilfred went for a gallop on the sands"

    • a very fast pace of running by a person

      "she ran after them at a gallop"

    • a track or ground where horses are exercised at a gallop

      "Dancer fractured a foreleg on the gallops"

verb
gallops galloping galloped gallop
  1. (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop

    "we galloped along the sand"

    • make (a horse) gallop

      "Fred galloped the horse off to the start"

    • (of a person) run fast

      "Leota galloped in from the halfway line"

  2. proceed at great speed

    "don't gallop through your speech"

    • (of a process or event) progress in a rapid and seemingly uncontrollable manner

      "his life gallops headlong towards disaster"