gallop
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- noun
- /ˈɡæləp/
:
galope
- Cursing softly, he kicked Bura into a gallop and started back for the heart of the camp.
- galloping horse
- at full gallop
We'd get new new market yearlings in there and we'd do a gallop track all around your field.
- We'd get new new market yearlings in there and we'd do a gallop track all around your field.
- No, it was not galloping like horse's gallop.
Examples
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The mule broke into a gallop, and the whip traced swift circles over its head.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the race, the jockey urged the horse into a fast gallop on the straightaway.
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lt was just as though Danny were taking that grand, strong horse for a gallop.
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I turned around and saw a riderless horse in full gallop coming toward us.
Fiction book (1990) -
The massive form rumbled forward, breaking into a rolling gallop on the broad field.
Fiction book (1992) -
Going over stony roads at a gallop, my shoe became looser and finally came off.
Fiction book (1996) -
On foot, Rogers led us at a stiff gallop through the dark maze of West London's streets.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then they broke from a standstill to a gallop, three clouds of lightning racing across the meadow.
Fiction book (1999) -
Milton wheeled, pursuing at full gallop out of the canyon and onto the bajada.
Fiction book (1990) -
We often saw the young Marchese, Francesco Gonzaga, gallop by, although he rarely troubled himself to acknowledge us.
Fiction book (1998)
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun gallop comes from the old sound-word galop that imitates the sound of a horse running 'fast'. So a gallop is the horse's fastest gait when all four feet leave the ground.