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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Gallop

Găl'lop, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. GALLOPED (găl'lopt); p. pr. & vb. n. GALLOPING.] [Fr. galoper, Sp. & Pg. galopar, galopear, It. galoppare, Pr. galaupar, from Goth. ga-hlaupan, O. H. Ger. galaufan, A-S. ghelēapan, N. H. Ger. laufen, L. Ger. lopen, D. loopen.]

Sense 1. To move or run with leaps or bounds, as a horse; to run or move with speed.

But gallop lively down the western hill. Doane.

Sense 2. To move very rapidly; to run over.

Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. Locke.

Găl'lop, n.

noun

n. [Fr. galop, Sp. galope, It. galoppo. See supra.] A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet together, in successive leaps or bounds.