gallop
IPA: gˈæɫʌp
noun
- The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
- An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
- (cardiology) An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
- (music) A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive, of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
- (intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace.
- (transitive) To cause to gallop.
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To run very fast.
- (figurative, intransitive) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
- (intransitive, of an infection, especially pneumonia) To progress rapidly through the body.
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Examples of "gallop" in Sentences
- There was no gallop and no charge.
- It is almost always done at a gallop.
- First album and gallop to significance.
- Difference between the canter and gallop.
- It is very engaged, but not a true gallop.
- The gallop is also the gait of the classic race horse.
- Breeds swift at the gallop also tend to trot rather than pace or amble.
- Depending on the aetiology, the gallop rhythm may resolve spontaneously.
- That's where the idea that the canter is a restrained gallop comes from.
- A squad of cavalry galloped along Tennessee street adding to the tumult.
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