gallop
[verb]
Synonyms: run, bolt, career, dash, hurry, race, rush, speed, sprint

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English Thesaurus: run, jog, race/dash, sprint, tear, ...

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I. gal‧lop¹ /ˈɡæləp/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: galoper]

1. [intransitive] if a horse gallops, it moves very fast with all its feet leaving the ground together ⇒ canter, trot:
A neighbour’s horse came galloping down the road, riderless.
a galloping horse

2. [intransitive and transitive] if you gallop, you ride very fast on a horse or you make it go very fast
gallop along/off/towards etc
I watched as Jan galloped away.

3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move very quickly Synonym : run:
Ian came galloping down the stairs.

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II. gallop² noun

1.
a) [singular] the movement of a horse at its fastest speed, when all four feet leave the ground together ⇒ canter, trot:
The horses broke into a gallop (=begin to go very fast).
at a/full gallop
Mounted police charged at full gallop.
b) [countable] a ride on a horse when it is galloping

2. [singular] a very fast speed
at a/full gallop
The project began at full gallop.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gallop
noun
ADJ. fast, good, head-down, mad | steady
VERB + GALLOP break into The horses broke into a mad gallop when they heard the gunshot.
PREP. at a ~ They reached the farm at a gallop.
into a ~ The noise startled the horse into a gallop.
~ through (figurative) The programme starts with a gallop through the history of the railway.
PHRASES at full gallop riders coming at full gallop

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
I go running twice a week.
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station.
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past.
He sprinted up the stairs.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
Dennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.
lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.
trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
A little dog was trotting behind her.
gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
The horse galloped off across the field.
bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

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