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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
gallop
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
▪ We galloped along the sand, and I knew what had happened long before we reached the rocks where the King lay.
▪ Second, they saw foreign stock markets galloping along, delivering returns in the high double digits.
▪ Hamilton's career has galloped along the fast track.
▪ I could see the ground far below me as we galloped along.
away
▪ She galloped away towards the rear of the convoy of carts and attendants.
▪ When driven toward the precipice, they would swerve at the edge to right or left and gallop away.
▪ Both the top and bottom doors were flung back and the great war horse had apparently galloped away pursued by grooms.
▪ Top competitors will gallop away with gleaming belt buckles and up to $ 2, 500 in prize money.
▪ It recovered, struggled to its feet and galloped away up the canyon, riderless, trappings flying.
▪ Some one grabbed his arm, and led him to a waiting horse on which he galloped away leaving behind his winnings.
▪ Infuriated, he seized the goblet, leapt on his horse and galloped away.
back
▪ The Dragoons closest to the Prussians immediately turned and galloped back up the slope towards their comrades.
▪ Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.
▪ It is premature, then, to say that the western has galloped back to centre screen.
▪ General Bee wheeled his horse and galloped back to his command.
▪ At a quarter to eleven she galloped back up to the attic room.
▪ He grinned, got up behind me and we galloped back across the flats.
▪ Along the edge of the plain the outriders that Burun had planted were galloping back to join the main body.
▪ Before he could stop them the memories came galloping back.
off
▪ And if the herd is threatened, they will gallop off together or maybe huddle together, touching each other for reassurance.
▪ I saw three horses galloping off, dragging a fourth, which was dead.
▪ Bare chested and wet trousered, the job done, they swank before their audience then gallop off to Fair Hill.
▪ In the end, I could only escape by galloping off, leaving him in full flow, and diving into a shop.
▪ The deer shook itself and galloped off.
▪ With that, I galloped off for the train, and even had time for a drink before it left.
▪ The two of them galloped off down the steep grass bank.
■ NOUN
horse
▪ A black horse was galloping down it, frisking his back legs like a colt.
▪ Want to show a horse galloping?
▪ Before my friends could do anything, Rupert of Hentzau was on his horse and galloping through the trees.
▪ General Bee wheeled his horse and galloped back to his command.
▪ The white horse of heroin galloped to my side.
▪ Directly one poor fellow of the escort was dismounted, and his horse galloped frantically over the fields.
▪ Both the top and bottom doors were flung back and the great war horse had apparently galloped away pursued by grooms.
horses
▪ The excitement of a group of horses galloping together with hounds at heel would be just as intense.
▪ I saw three horses galloping off, dragging a fourth, which was dead.
■ VERB
come
▪ Ralph Lauren's Polo aftershave came galloping into the kitchen, followed shortly by a now fully clothed Lee.
▪ I was saved by Fritz, who came galloping round the castle to find me.
▪ Before he could stop them the memories came galloping back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A thoroughbred can gallop a mile in about 90 seconds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A youngster identified with a mustang goes galloping down the street with a new vitality and personality.
▪ As she felt her way forward, suddenly a knight on horseback galloped past her.
▪ Golden Larch got up and galloped to the finish line.
▪ He jumped on bareback, stuck to her like a leech and galloped her flat out through the crowd.
▪ Isabella gallops around, winning battles, expelling Moors from strongholds, her appetites expanding by the week.
▪ Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.
▪ Ralph Lauren's Polo aftershave came galloping into the kitchen, followed shortly by a now fully clothed Lee.
▪ She galloped past the rabbit hutches, the ducks swaying towards the pond.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
▪ They had only about one hundred and fifty yards to gather speed and could not achieve a full gallop in the time.
▪ Russell mounted his horse, rode off, and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.
▪ The point has been reached where a horse can be photographed in full gallop.
■ VERB
break
▪ She shivered inwardly, a delicious sensation, and felt her heart break into a gallop.
▪ The horse broke into a furious gallop.
▪ When the group got closer, they broke into a gallop and charged the small party.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All the fears and stresses of these last weeks deserted her on that gallop.
▪ Always trying to get me up early for gallops through the morning mist.
▪ Docklands Express pleased connections in a racecourse gallop at Newbury recently.
▪ He even broke down one horse in an effort to understand the gallop which had constantly eluded him.
▪ Over the holidays, the creep turned into a gallop.
▪ The promising centre touched down after an 80-yard gallop.
▪ They saw him and kicked their horses forward so Sharpe turned his tired mare northwards, and spurred her into a gallop.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallop

Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. t. To cause to gallop.

Gallop

Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Galloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Galloping.] [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehle['a]pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.]

  1. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

    But gallop lively down the western hill.
    --Donne.

  2. To ride a horse at a gallop.

  3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

    Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.
    --Locke.

Gallop

Gallop \Gal"lop\, n. [Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.] 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.

Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gallop

"move or run by leaps," early 15c., from Old French galoper "to gallop" (12c.), central Old French form of Old North French waloper, probably from Frankish *wala hlaupan "to run well" (see wallop). Related: Galloped; galloping. Though the French word is Germanic, Dutch galopperen, German galoppiren, Swedish galoppera are from French.

gallop

"a leaping gait," the most rapid movement of a horse, 1520s, from gallop (v.).

Wiktionary
gallop

n. The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. vb. 1 (Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop. 2 To ride at a galloping pace. 3 To cause to gallop. 4 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. 5 To run very fast.

WordNet
gallop

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

gallop
  1. v. ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"

  2. go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"

  3. cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" [syn: extend]

Wikipedia
Gallop (studio)

, sometimes credited as , is a Japanese animation studio founded in December 1978.

Gallop (disambiguation)

A gallop is an asymmetrical gait at high speeds by quadrupedal organisms such as the gait seen in the horse.

Gallop may also refer to:

  • Conductor gallop, wind-induced low frequency oscillation of overhead transmission lines
  • Gallop (heavy metal), a metal drum beat typically using a double kick pedal
  • Gallop (studio), a Japanese animation studio
  • Gallop rhythm, an abnormal heart sound
  • Canter a horse gait similar to a gallop
  • The Japanese name for the Pokémon Rapidash
  • Armed Police Unit Gallop, a 1991 arcade game

Usage examples of "gallop".

Hazard murmured a few brisk phrases in Absarokee to them and, with a gesture much like a salute, they wheeled their ponies and galloped away.

Then kicking the wounded basket a vicious blow with the toe of his boot, he spun on his heels, leaped on the bare back of the Andalusian stallion, and galloped off in a shower of churned-up sod and pollen spores, coattails flying.

Most of the obstacles had been broken down, and the Ansus galloped up the unobstructed slope, howling victoriously.

As they galloped past Apollyon, the links of the silver net rippled over the demon, curled him in pain, and robbed him of his strength.

When he was given his head, Ascot surged into a gallop that had its usual effect of filling Rossmere with total abandon.

That great black horn rose and fell, lunging with the motion of the gallop, ashimmer with the light of the sun.

Zenghils breastplate and the Atabeg galloped out of range with a shout of mocking laughter.

All through the backstretch, around the turn, and down the homestretch she continued her slow, easy gallop.

Rusher in his Banbury Horn Books, Battledores, Galloping Guide to A, B, C, Primers, Reading Made Easy, Spelling Books, etc.

Still, Batu found it disturbing that any of his men fell, for he did not know a single Shou horseman who could boast of hitting such a distant target from a galloping mount.

We galloped in single file along the narrow track, the blackboy in advance with the packhorse struggling after him, and the pint pots strapped to his saddle rattling against each other.

Then, at the very end of the straight lane, where the alternating brownish red beeches and blackish green spruce appeared very small, and the light green mossy path gleamed up and narrowing met the sky, I saw the galloping beast approaching.

Jumping into the cart again, and leaving the dead blesbuck to look after itself for the present--not a very safe thing to do in a country where there are so many vultures--John, or rather Jantje, put the horses into a gallop, and away they went at full tear.

The three heroes of Brosna Wood were unable to trot their restless mounts amid that teeming pilgrimage, much less gallop to reach their goal the faster.

Wounded, dying, or dead, lie the brave cannoniers at their guns, officers and men alike hors du combat, while wounded horses gallop wildly back, with bounding caissons, down the gentle declivity, carrying disorder, and further danger, in their mad flight.