Definitions for gallopˈgæl əp

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gal•lopˈgæl əp(v.i.)

to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.
to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.
to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.
(v.t.)to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.
(n.)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.
a run or ride at this gait.
a rapid rate of going.
a period of going rapidly.

Origin of gallop:

1375–1425; < OF galoper (see well1, leap )

gal′lop•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

gallop(verb)
a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
gallop(verb)
ride at a galloping pace
"He was galloping down the road"
gallop(verb)
go at galloping speed
"The horse was galloping along"
gallop, extend(verb)
cause to move at full gallop
"Did you gallop the horse just now?"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

gallop(verb)ˈæləp
(of a horse) to run at top speed
gallop(noun)ˈæləp
a horse's top speed
to break into a gallop

Wiktionary

gallop(Noun)
The fastest gait of a horse.
gallop(Noun)
A two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
gallop(Verb)
To ride at a galloping pace
gallop(Verb)
To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.

Origin: galopen, from galoper, from * from * + *, from hlaupanan, from klaup-. Possibly also derived from a deverbal of from * from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "dead, victim, slain" from wel- + * from *. More at well, leap, valkyrie. See also wallop.

Webster Dictionary

Gallop(verb)
to move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed
Gallop(verb)
to ride a horse at a gallop
Gallop(verb)
fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination
Gallop(verb)
to cause to gallop
Gallop(verb)
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