gallop

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: extend

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

Verb (3)

  1. ride at a galloping pace“He was galloping down the road”
  2. go at galloping speed“The horse was galloping along”
  3. cause to move at full gallop“Did you gallop the horse just now?”Synonyms: extend
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Galloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Galloping.] [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehle['a]pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.]

1.To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. [1913 Webster]

But gallop lively down the western hill.— Donne.[1913 Webster]

2.To ride a horse at a gallop. [1913 Webster]

3.Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. [1913 Webster]

Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. t. To cause to gallop. [1913 Webster]
Gallop \Gal"lop\, n. [Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.] A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. [1913 Webster]

Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop. [1913 Webster]

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