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 Definitions of gallop  [ˈgæl əp]  

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Definition of 'gallop' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) gallop
to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.

2.  gallop
to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.

3.  gallop
to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.

4. (v.t.) gallop
to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.

5. (n.) gallop
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.  gallop
a run or ride at this gait.

7.  gallop
a rapid rate of going.

8.  gallop
a period of going rapidly.

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

Definition of 'gallop' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (verb) gallop
ride at a galloping pace
"He was galloping down the road"

3. (verb) gallop
go at galloping speed
"The horse was galloping along"

4. (verb) gallop, extend
cause to move at full gallop
"Did you gallop the horse just now?"


Definition of 'gallop' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) gallop
(of a horse) to run at top speed

2. (noun) gallop
a horse's top speed
to break into a gallop


Definition of 'gallop' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) gallop
to move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed

2. (verb) gallop
to ride a horse at a gallop

3. (verb) gallop
fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination

4. (verb) gallop
to cause to gallop

5. (verb) gallop
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


Translation of 'gallop' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a period of riding at) the fastest pace of a horse
He took the horse out for a gallop; The horse went off at a gallop.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: galop Arabic flag Arabic: عَدْو حِصان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: галоп
Brazilian flag Brazilian: galope Czech flag Czech: trysk, cval German flag German: der Galopp
Danish flag Danish: gallop Greek flag Greek: καλπασμός Spanish flag Spanish: galope
Estonian flag Estonian: galopp Farsi flag Farsi: چهار نعل Finnish flag Finnish: laukka
French flag French: galop Hebrew flag Hebrew: דִּהירָה Hindi flag Hindi: सरपट दौड़
Croatian flag Croatian: galop Hungarian flag Hungarian: galopp Indonesian flag Indonesian: congklang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stökk Italian flag Italian: galoppo Japanese flag Japanese: ギャロップ
Korean flag Korean: 갤럽: 말 등의 가장 빠른 발놀림 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šuoliai, šuoliavimas Latvian flag Latvian: aulekši; auļi
Malay flag Malay: derap Dutch flag Dutch: galop Norwegian flag Norwegian: galopp
Polish flag Polish: cwał Persian flag Persian: چهار نعل Pashto flag Pashto: په تراټ تلل، په غبرګو تلل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: galope Romanian flag Romanian: galop Russian flag Russian: галоп
Slovak flag Slovak: cval Slovenian flag Slovenian: galop Serbian flag Serbian: galop
Swedish flag Swedish: galopp Thai flag Thai: การควบม้า Turkish flag Turkish: dörtnal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 馬匹飛奔,騎馬奔馳 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: галоп Urdu flag Urdu: گھوڑے وغیرہ کی سرپٹ دوڑ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nước đại Chinese flag Chinese: 骑马疾驰,飞奔

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