Thesaurus: gallop

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1. v. i. 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. v. i. To ride a horse at a gallop.
3. v. i. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
4. v. t. To cause to gallop.
5. v. i. 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.
6. n. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
7. v. ride at a galloping pace
8. v. go at galloping speed
9. v. cause to move at full gallop
10. 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. But gallop lively down the western hill. Donne. 2. To ride a horse at a gallop. 3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. Locke. To cause to 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. Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.
11. n:29/v:71 n. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously v. ride at a galloping pace v. go at galloping speed v. cause to move at full gallop