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Gallop

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Noun

1. gallop

a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

Verb

2. gallop

ride at a galloping pace

Example Sentences:
'He was galloping down the road'

3. gallop

go at galloping speed

Example Sentences:
'The horse was galloping along'

4. extend, gallop

cause to move at full gallop

Example Sentences:
'Did you gallop the horse just now?'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gallop

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verb -lops, -loping or -loped
1. (intransitive)
(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. (intransitive)
to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry
noun
4. 
the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds
5. 
an instance of galloping

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gallop

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verb intransitive
1. 
to go at a gallop
2. 
to move, progress, or act very fast; hurry
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to gallop
noun
4. 
the fastest gait of a horse or other animal, consisting of a succession of leaping strides with all the feet off the ground at one time
5. 
a ride on a galloping animal
6. 
any fast pace, speedy action, or rapid progression

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gallop

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n.
1.
a. 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.
b. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
2. A ride taken at a gallop.
3. A rapid pace: Events were proceeding at a gallop.
4. Medicine 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. Also called gallop rhythm.
v. gal·loped, gal·lop·ing, gal·lops
v.tr.
To cause to gallop.
v.intr.
1. To go or move at a gallop.
2. To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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