gallop

Meaning of gallop

noun
  1. the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride.
    the horse broke into a furious gallop
    a mounted police charge at full gallop
verb
  1. (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop.
    we galloped along the sand
  2. proceed at great speed.
    don't gallop through your speech

early 16th century: from Old French galop (noun), galoper, variants of Old Northern French walop, waloper (see wallop).

Information about gallop

  • The plural form of gallop is: gallops.
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Hyphenation of gallop

gal-lop

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • gallop is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

gallop synonyms

Meaning extend:

extend

Meaning move or progress swiftly or at full speed:

race

Meaning (of a horse) move at a canter in a particular direction:

canter

Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:

run

Meaning move with urgent haste:

rush

Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:

dash

Meaning move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner:

tear

Meaning run at full speed over a short distance:

sprint

Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:

bolt

Meaning depart hastily:

fly

Meaning move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction:

shoot

Meaning move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly:

dart

Meaning move or act with great haste:

hurry

Meaning move or travel hurriedly:

hasten

Meaning move quickly:

speed

Meaning move very fast in a specified direction:

streak

Meaning move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner:

hurtle

Meaning move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way:

career

Meaning run with great speed:

hare

Meaning (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement:

scamper

Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:

scurry

Meaning move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind:

scud

Meaning walk or run with a long bounding stride:

lope

Meaning (of a horse) move with high springy steps:

prance

Meaning (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items:

frisk

Meaning move or travel very quickly:

zoom

Meaning hurl missiles repeatedly at:

pelt

Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:

scoot

Meaning rush or dash in a specified direction:

belt

Meaning move at high speed:

zip

Meaning move fast or suddenly in a specified direction:

whip

Meaning move very quickly:

bomb

gallop antonyms

Meaning walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace:

amble

Translation of gallop

Words that rhyme with gallop

agallop, callop, codswallop, dallop, escallop, handgallop, outgallop, outwallop, regallop, scallop, shallop, tatterwallop, wallop, collop, dollop, gollop, jollop, lollop, scollop, trollop, wollop

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