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Gallop
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. But gallop lively down the western hill. Donne.
2. To ride a horse at a gallop.
3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. Locke.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cause to gallop.