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galloper
gal·lop G0022500 (găl′əp)n.1. a. A gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.b. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.2. A ride taken at a gallop.3. A rapid pace: Events were proceeding at a gallop.4. Medicine A disordered rhythm of the heart characterized by three or four distinct heart sounds in each cycle and resembling the sound of a galloping horse. Also called gallop rhythm.v. gal·loped, gal·lop·ing, gal·lops v.tr. To cause to gallop.v.intr.1. To go or move at a gallop.2. To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by. [From Middle English galopen, to go at a gallop, from Old French galoper, of Germanic origin; see wel- in Indo-European roots.] gal′lop·er n.EncyclopediaSeegallop |