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gal⋅lop
[gal-uh
p]
–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.)
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.
3. run, rush, dash, speed, fly, scoot.
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Galloping
Gal"lop*ing\, a. Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : galloping
Spanish:
galopante,
German:
galoppierend,
Japanese:
急速に進む
Main Entry: galloping
Function: adjective
of a disease : progressing rapidly toward a fatal conclusion <galloping consumption>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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