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gal⋅lop

  [gal-uhp]
Use gallop in a Sentence
–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 ME galopen (v.) < OF galoper < Frankish *wala hlaupan to run well (see well 1 , leap ) or, alternatively, v. deriv. of *walhlaup, equiv. to *wal battlefield (c. OHG wal; see Valkyrie ) + *hlaup run, course (deriv. of the v.)

Related forms:
gal⋅lop⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. run, rush, dash, speed, fly, scoot.
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gal·lop   (gāl'əp)   
n.  

    1. A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.

    2. 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 cantering rhythm, gallop rhythm.

v.   gal·loped, gal·lop·ing, gal·lops

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to gallop.

  2. To transport at or as if at a gallop: gallop the mail to the next station.

v.   intr.

  1. To ride a horse at a gallop.

  2. To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by.


[From Middle English galopen, to go at a gallop, from Old French galoper, of Germanic origin; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
gal'lop·er n.
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Word Origin & History

gallop 
1523, from M.Fr. galoper, from O.Fr. galop (11c.), cognate of O.N.Fr. waloper, from Frank. *wala hlaupan "to run well" (see wallop).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1gal·lop
Pronunciation: 'gal-&p
Function: intransitive verb
: to progress or ride at a gallop gallop transitivesenses
: to cause to gallop

Main Entry: 2gallop
Function: noun
1 : a bounding gait of a quadruped; specifically : a fast natural 3-beat gait of the horse
2 : GALLOP RHYTHM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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gallop

accelerated canter in which the rider's weight is brought sharply forward as the horse reaches speeds up to 30 miles (50 km) an hour.

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