gal loping

gal·lop·ing

[gal-uh-ping]
adjective
1.
at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
2.
progressing rapidly to some conclusion, as a disease: galloping pneumonia.
3.
growing or spreading rapidly: galloping inflation.
Origin:
1595–1605; gallop + -ing2

Related forms
un·gal·lop·ing, adjective
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gal·lop

[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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.
noun
5.
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.
6.
a run or ride at this gait.
7.
a rapid rate of going.
8.
a period of going rapidly.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English galopen (v.) < Old French galoper < Frankish *wala hlaupan to run well (see well1, leap) or, alternatively, verbal derivative of *walhlaup, equivalent to *wal battlefield (cognate with Old High German wal; see Valkyrie) + *hlaup run, course (derivative of the v.)

Related forms
gal·lop·er, noun
out·gal·lop, verb (used with object)

Synonyms
3. run, rush, dash, speed, fly, scoot.
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gallop (ˈɡæləp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb , -lops, -loping, -loped
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
 
—n
4.  the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds
5.  an instance of galloping
 
[C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin]
 
'galloper
 
—n

galloping (ˈɡæləpɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
(prenominal) progressing at or as if at a gallop: galloping consumption

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gallop
1520s, from M.Fr. galoper, from O.Fr. galop (11c.), cognate of O.N.Fr. waloper, from Frank. *wala hlaupan "to run well" (see wallop). Related: Galloped; galloping.
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gallop gal·lop (gāl'əp)
n.
A triple cadence to the heart sounds at rates of 100 beats per minute or more due to an abnormal third or fourth heart sound being heard in addition to the first and second sounds. Also called cantering rhythm, gallop rhythm.

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