Gallop
Gallop , intransitive verb
[Old English galopen, French galoper, of German origin; compare assumed Gothic ga-hlaupan to run, Old High German giloufen, Anglo-Saxon gehleápan to leap, dance, from root of English leap, and a prefix; or compare OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and compare 1st Wallop.]
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.
2.
To ride a horse at a gallop.
3.
Figuratively: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.
Gallop , transitive verb
To cause to gallop.
Gallop , noun
[Compare French galop. See Gallop, v. i., and compare Galop.]
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.
Collocations (1)
Hand gallop , a slow or gentle gallop.