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What does gallops mean?
Wiktionary 
- gallops (Noun)
Plural of gallop.
Part of speech
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| gallop - a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously | ||
| gait a person's manner of walking | ||
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| gallop - ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road" | ||
| ride horseback ride on horseback | ||
| horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
| equitation, horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
| gallop - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" | ||
| extend | ||
| sit, ride serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury" | ||
| horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
| equitation, horseback riding, riding travel by being carried on horseback | ||
| gallop - go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along" | ||
| pace measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" | ||
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Wiktionary
- gallop (Noun)
The fastest gait of a horse. - gallop (Noun)
A two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. - gallop (Verb)
To ride at a galloping pace. - gallop (Verb)
To cause to gallop. - gallop (Verb)
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. - gallop (Verb)
To run very fast.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gallop (v. i.)
To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. - gallop (v. i.)
To ride a horse at a gallop. - gallop (v. i.)
Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. - gallop (v. t.)
To cause to gallop. - gallop (v. i.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gallop
To go at galloping speed. -
gallop
To ride at a galloping pace.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gallop
gal′up, v.i. to move by leaps, as a horse: to ride a galloping horse: to move very fast.—v.t. to cause to gallop.—n. the pace at which a horse runs when the forefeet are lifted together and the hindfeet together: a ride at a gallop.—n. Gall′oper, one who, or that which, gallops.—part. and adj. Gall′oping, proceeding at a gallop: (fig.) advancing rapidly, as in the phrase, 'a galloping consumption.'—Canterbury gallop, a moderate gallop of a horse (see Canter). [O. Fr. galop, galoper; prob. Teut., related to leap. There is a Flemish and a Middle High Ger. walop (n.). The root is seen in Old Fries. walla, to boil; cf. Well (1).]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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gallop
A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet together, in successive leaps or bounds. A word of command in the cavalry service.
