galloping
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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.)
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.
3. run, rush, dash, speed, fly, scoot.
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World English Dictionary
gallop (ˈɡæləp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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) | |
| —adj | |
| (prenominal) progressing at or as if at a gallop: galloping consumption | |
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Word Origin & History
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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American Heritage
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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Example sentences
It was tempted out of its cosy domesticity only by the galloping market.
Take an aerial tour of the island to see wild horses galloping down the beaches.
On waking he heard the clacking of the hoofs of a horse galloping past his window.
If mankind is to be all one, it can't be shown galloping off in all directions.
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