Gallop
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English
Noun
Gallop (plural Gallops)- The fastest gait of a horse.
- A two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
Verb
Gallop (third-person singular simple present Gallops, present participle Galloping, simple past and past participle Galloped)
- To ride at a galloping pace
- To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
Adjectives for Gallop
thunderous; false; perilous; rapid; soundless; clattering; morning; daily; historic; breathless.
Adverbs for Gallop
furiously; picturesquely; gallantly; stiffly; thunderously; swiftly; perilously; clatteringly; breathlessly.
Thesaurus
amble, bound, burst, burst of speed, canter, caracole, curvet, dash, dead run, dogtrot, drag, droop, flank speed, flat-out speed, flounce, forced draft, fox-trot, frisk, full gallop, gait, get, git, go on horseback, hack, hand gallop, headlong rush, heavy right foot, high lope, hightail, hitch, hobble, hop, hop along, hotfoot, jog, jog trot, leap, limp, lock step, lope, lurch, make tracks, maximum speed, mince, mincing steps, mount, open throttle, pace, paddle, piaffe, piaffer, plunge, prance, race, rack, ride bareback, ride hard, roll, run, rush, saunter, scamper, scud, scurry, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, spring, sprint, spurt, stagger, stalk, step, step along, step lively, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, swagger, swing, take horse, tittup, toddle, totter, tread, trip, trot, velocity, waddle, walk, wide-open speed
Etymology
Middle English galopen (“to gallop”) from Old French galoper, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”) from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”) from Proto-Germanic *hlaupanan (“to run, leap, spring”) from Proto-Indo-European *klaup-, *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "dead, victim, slain" from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). More at well, leap, valkyrie. See also wallop.
