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gal·lop
(găl′əp)n.
1.
a. A gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
b. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
2. A ride taken at a gallop.
3. A rapid pace: Events were proceeding at a gallop.
4. 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 gallop rhythm.
v. gal·loped, gal·lop·ing, gal·lops
v.tr.
To cause to gallop.
v.intr.
1. To go or move at a gallop.
2. To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by.
[From Middle English galopen, to go at a gallop, from Old French galoper, of Germanic origin; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]
gal′lop·er n.
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gallop
(ˈɡæləp)vb, -lops, -loping or -loped
1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (intr) (of a horse or other quadruped) to run fast with a two-beat stride in which all four legs are off the ground at once
2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) to ride (a horse, etc) at a gallop
3. (intr) to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry
n
4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds
5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an instance of galloping
[C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin]
ˈgalloper n
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gal•lop
(ˈgæl əp)v.i.
1. to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed.
2. to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.
3. to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.
v.t. 4. to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.
n. 5. a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.
6. a run or ride at this gait.
7. a rapid rate of going.
8. a period of going rapidly.
gal′lop•er, n.
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gallop
Past participle: galloped
Gerund: galloping
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Noun | 1. | gallop - a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously gait - a horse's manner of moving |
Verb | 1. | gallop - ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road" horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback equitation, horseback riding, riding - the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements ride horseback - ride on horseback |
2. | gallop - go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along" pace - go at a pace; "The horse paced" | |
3. | gallop - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback equitation, horseback riding, riding - the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements |
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gallop
verb
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Translations
tryskudělat v tryskuběžet tryskemcvalcválat
gallopgalopgaloperegalopperestyrte
laukatalaukkanelinelistää
לדהור
galopgalopirati
sebtében végez vmivel
fara á stökkiflÿta sérstökk
ギャロップギャロップで走る
전속력으로 말을 몰기질주하다
bėgti šuoliaisgreit atliktinesulaikomaspaskubomis atliktišuoliai
ātri izdarīt/pateiktaulekšiauļiauļot
cvalísť cvalomnarýchlo urobiť
galopgalopirati
galoppgaloppera
การควบม้าควบม้า
aceleyle/telâşla ...-mekdörtnaldörtnala gidişdörtnala gitmekdörtnala koşmak
nước đạiphi nước đại
gallop
[ˈgæləp]A. N (= pace) → galope m; (= distance covered) → galopada f
at a gallop → al galope
at full gallop → a galope tendido
to break into a gallop → ponerse a galopar
at a gallop → al galope
at full gallop → a galope tendido
to break into a gallop → ponerse a galopar
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gallop
[ˈgæləp]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
gallop
n → Galopp m; at a gallop → im Galopp; at full gallop → im gestreckten Galopp; to go for a gallop → ausreiten; after a quick gallop through Roman history, he … → nachdem er die römische Geschichte im Galopp abgehandelt hatte, …
vi → galoppieren, im Galopp reiten; to gallop away → davongaloppieren; we galloped through our work/the agenda → wir haben die Arbeit im Galopp erledigt (inf) → /die Tagesordnung im Galopp abgehandelt (inf); to gallop through a book → ein Buch in rasendem Tempo lesen (inf)
vt horse → galoppieren lassen
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gallop
[ˈgæləp]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gallop
(ˈgӕləp) noun (a period of riding at) the fastest pace of a horse. He took the horse out for a gallop; The horse went off at a gallop.
verb1. (of a horse) to move at a gallop. The horse galloped round the field.
2. (with through) to do, say etc (something) very quickly. He galloped through the work.
ˈgalloping adjective increasing very quickly. galloping inflation.
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gallop
→ رَكْضُ الـحِصَان, يَرْكُضُ běžet tryskem, trysk galop, galopere Galopp, galoppieren καλπάζω, καλπασμός galopar, galope laukata, laukka galop, galoper galop, galopirati galoppare, galoppo ギャロップ, ギャロップで走る 전속력으로 말을 몰기, 질주하다 galop, galopperen galopp, galoppere galop, pogalopować galopar, galope галоп, скакать галопом galopp, galoppera การควบม้า, ควบม้า dörtnala gidiş, dörtnala koşmak nước đại, phi nước đại 疾驰, 飞驰Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
gal·lop
, gallop rhythmn. galope, ritmo cardíaco que simula el galope de un caballo y que se oye cuando hay fallo del corazón.
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gallop
n (card) galope mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.