GALLOP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gallop mean? 

• GALLOP (noun)
  The noun GALLOP has 1 sense:

1. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

  Familiarity information: GALLOP used as a noun is very rare.

• GALLOP (verb)
  The verb GALLOP has 3 senses:

1. ride at a galloping pace

2. go at galloping speed

3. cause to move at full gallop

  Familiarity information: GALLOP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gallop" is a kind of...):

gait (a horse's manner of moving)

Derivation:

gallop (ride at a galloping pace)

gallop (cause to move at full gallop)

gallop (go at galloping speed)

• GALLOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gallop    ... he / she / it gallops   
Past simple: galloped   
Past participle: galloped   
-ing form: galloping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride at a galloping pace

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He was galloping down the road

Hypernyms (to "gallop" is one way to...):

ride horseback (ride on horseback)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go at galloping speed

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The horse was galloping along

Hypernyms (to "gallop" is one way to...):

pace (go at a pace)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The horses gallop across the field

Derivation:

gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to move at full gallop

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

extend; gallop

Context example:

Did you gallop the horse just now?

Hypernyms (to "gallop" is one way to...):

ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men gallop the horses across the field

Derivation:

gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)

 Context examples 

This quarrel was the saving of us, for while it was still raging, another sound came from the top of the hill on the side of the hamlet—the tramp of horses galloping.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Again he was the only one who caught the apple, and he did not linger an instant, but galloped off with it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Away they galloped together, and ere long they saw the old gray palmer walking slowly along in front of them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was shaving at my window in the morning when I heard the rattle of hoofs and, looking up, saw a dog-cart coming at a gallop down the road.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Imagine to yourself, my dear Elinor, the delight of a gallop on some of these downs.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

They have the right blood in them, and they would gallop until they dropped if I were brute enough to let them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I heard the gallop of a horse at a distance on the road; I was sure it was you; and you were departing for many years and for a distant country.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But his polite regrets didn't impose upon her, and when she galloped away with the Count, she saw Laurie sit down by her aunt with an actual expression of relief.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers discovered that the galloping gourmets are indeed big on bamboo—and are drawn to the same sunny, gently sloped spots as pandas.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)