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Definition of 'gallop'English
Noun
( en-noun)
The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
Verb
( en-verb)
(Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
- The horse galloped past the finishing line.
To ride at a galloping pace.
* John Donne
- Gallop lively down the western hill.
To cause to gallop.
- to gallop a horse
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.
To run very fast.
* {{quote-news
|year=2012
|date=September 15
|author=Amy Lawrence
|title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton
|work=the Guardian
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|passage=In the 11th minute the German won possession in midfield and teed up the galloping Kieran Gibbs, whose angled shot was pushed by Kelvin Davies straight into the retreating Jos Hooiveld.}}
(figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
* John Locke
- Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.
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