Word Definition

Gallop

  1. 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. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.
  3. To cause to gallop.
  4. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  5. To ride a horse at a gallop.

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