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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
gal•lop /ˈgæləp/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to ride (a horse) at full speed: [no object]The rider galloped away.[~ + object]The cavalry galloped their horses for hours.
  2. to run at a gallop:[no object]The horses galloped away.
  3. to race;
    hurry:[no object]She galloped out of the house.

n. [countable]
  1. a fast manner of moving for a horse or other four-legged animal in which, during each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.
  2. a run or ride at this pace:an early morning gallop.
  3. a rapid rate of proceeding:working at a gallop.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
gal•lop  (gal′əp),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to ride a horse at a gallop;
    ride at full speed:They galloped off to meet their friends.
  2. to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse;
    go at a gallop.
  3. to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.

v.t. 
  1. to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.

n. 
  1. a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.
  2. a run or ride at this gait.
  3. a rapid rate of going.
  4. a period of going rapidly.
  • Frankish *wala hlaupan to run well (see well1, leap) or, alternatively, verb, verbal derivative of *walhlaup, equivalent. to *wal battlefield (cognate with Old High German wal; see Valkyrie) + *hlaup run, course (derivative of the verb, verbal)
  • Old French galoper
  • late Middle English galopen (verb, verbal) 1375–1425
gal′lop•er, n. 
    3. run, rush, dash, speed, fly, scoot.

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