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Meaning of 'gallop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gallop [ 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.
- To ride a horse at a gallop.
- Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
- 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.
2 . Gallop [ v. t.]
- To cause to gallop.

Meaning of 'gallop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gallop [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause to move at full gallop
Example in sentence:
  • Did you gallop the horse just now?
Meaning (2):
- ride at a galloping pace
Example in sentence:
  • He was galloping down the road
Meaning (3):
- go at galloping speed
Example in sentence:
  • The horse was galloping along

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