gallopverb
uk/ˈɡæl.əp/us/ˈɡæl.əp/[ I or T ] (of a horse) to run fast so that all four feet come off the ground together in each act of forward movement, or (of a person) to ride a horse that is running in this way:
We galloped through the woods.
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canter
trot noun
[ I usually + adv/prep ] informal to move or act quickly:
It is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war.
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- stampede
- torpor
- trot
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Moving quickly
Phrasal verb(s)
gallop through sth
gallopnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈɡæl.əp/us/ˈɡæl.əp/gallop noun [ S ] (RUN)
the fast run or speed of a horse when it is galloping, or an act of galloping:
At the sound of gunfire the horse suddenly broke into a gallop.
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- stampede
- torpor
- trot
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gallop noun [ S ] (SPEED)
a fast speed:
We had to complete the work at a gallop (= very quickly).
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Fast and rapid
- a mile a minute idiom
- apace
- as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
- as if it is going out of style idiom
- at a rate of knots idiom
- crash
- fleet
- have a heavy foot idiom
- high-speed
- hotfoot
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- mile
- rapid-fire
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfire idiom
- swift
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Speed of motion