gallop

Found in thesaurus: gait, ride horseback, pace, sit, ride

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gallop
v. ride a horse at a gallop; go as fast as possible; race, hurry
 
n. fast run (of horse)

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gallop

Noun
1. a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
(hypernym) gait
(derivation) extend

Verb
1. ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"
(hypernym) ride horseback
(classification) riding, horseback riding
2. go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"
(hypernym) pace
3. cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
(synonym) extend
(hypernym) ride, sit
(classification) riding, horseback riding


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gallop
v. běžet tryskem
 
n. běh tryskem

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gallop
Czas. galopować
 
Rzecz. galop

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Gallop
(v. t.)
To cause to gallop.
  
 
(v. i.)
To ride a horse at a 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.
  
 
(v. i.)
Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  
 
(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.
  

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