Gallop

English Meaning

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

1. A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
2. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
3. A ride taken at a gallop.
4. A rapid pace: Events were proceeding at a gallop.
5. Medicine A disordered rhythm of the heart characterized by three or four distinct heart sounds in each cycle and resembling the sound of a galloping horse. Also called cantering rhythm, gallop rhythm.
6. To cause to gallop.
7. To transport at or as if at a gallop: gallop the mail to the next station.
8. To ride a horse at a gallop.
9. To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by.