gallop
to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.
to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.
to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.
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.
a run or ride at this gait.
a rapid rate of going.
a period of going rapidly.
Origin of gallop
1Other words for gallop
Other words from gallop
- gal·lop·er, noun
- outgallop, verb (used with object)
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use gallop in a sentence
The huskies galloped through the flatlands for another hour before depositing us at the lodge.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe duchess sat front-row center in a floral Jenny Packham dress while William galloped around the field.
It galloped along from one crisis to another, revealing mysterious and enigmatic secrets on the journey.
Nearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.
The Red Year | Louis TracyOnce he had galloped up to the open door, looked in, spoken in a friendly way to her, and ridden on.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
Nearly all the mutineers swung round and galloped headlong for the landward boundary of the paddy field.
The Red Year | Louis TracyFelipe glanced at the horses, then driving his spurs deep into his horse's sides, galloped after them.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonAnd presently we galloped across a mile or two of level grassland and pulled up on the very brink of Sage Creek canyon.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for gallop
/ (ˈɡæləp) /
(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
to ride (a horse, etc) at a gallop
(intr) to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry
the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds
an instance of galloping
Origin of gallop
1Derived forms of gallop
- galloper, noun
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
Browse