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gallop

gal·lop

UK/ˈɡæləp/ US/ˈɡælʌp/ uncommon
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

ride at a galloping pace

  • “He was galloping down the road”
2.

go at galloping speed

  • “The horse was galloping along”
3.

cause to move at full gallop

  • “Did you gallop the horse just now?”
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noun

1.

a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

Origin

From Middle English galopen (“to gallop”), from Old French galoper (compare modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”), from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaup-, *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "dead, victim, slain" from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”). More at well, leap, valkyrie. See also the doublet wallop, coming from the same source through an Old Northern French variant.

Phrases

  • Canterbury gallop
  • Gallipoli gallop
  • Gish gallop
  • hand gallop

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