From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gallop
n : a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all
four legs are off the ground simultaneously
v 1: 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. t.
To cause to gallop.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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But gallop lively down the western hill. --Donne.
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2. To ride a horse at a gallop.
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3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty
examination.
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Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping
over it. --Locke.
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