verb, noun
verb [usually +adv./prep.]
1 [V] when a horse or similar animal gallops, it moves very fast and each STRIDE includes a stage when all four feet are off the ground together:
The terrified horse galloped off. * The ponies galloped along the sand.
compareCANTER
2 to ride a horse very fast, usually at a gallop:
[V] Jo galloped across the field towards him. * [VN] He galloped his horse home.
compareCANTER
3 [V] (informal) (of a person) to run very quickly:
She came galloping down the street.
Part of speech: noun
1 [sing.] the fastest speed at which a horse can run, with a stage in which all four feet are off the ground together:
He rode off at a gallop. * My horse suddenly broke into a gallop.
2 [C] a ride on a horse at its fastest speed:
to go for a gallop
3 [sing.] an unusually fast speed:
She always lives life at a gallop.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for gallop is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is gallop a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, gallop is tagged as noun.
Does gallop appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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