I. ˈgaləp noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French galop, from Old French, probably from galoper, v.
1.
a. : a springing gait of various quadrupeds ; specifically : a fast natural 3-beat gait of the horse in which one or two feet touch the ground in the order of one hind foot, diagonal biped including opposite hind foot, remaining forefoot — compare canter , run
b. : a ride or run at a gallop
c. : a stretch of land used for galloping horses
horses, trained in seclusion on private gallops — A.J.Liebling
2. : a rapid rate or pace
the child went at a gallop to get his ice-cream cone
this is not a book to be read at a gallop — Hal Lehrman
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle French galoper, from Old French
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to move or run in a gallop (as of a horse)
b. : to ride at a gallop : ride at full speed
galloping over the moors on a stallion
2. : to go at great speed or as fast as possible
dawdle to school but gallop home
he galloped over the dunes barefoot — Mary H. Vorse
transitive verb
1. : to cause to gallop
gallop a horse for miles
2. : to transport at a gallop
galloped the general over to headquarters
we are galloped to them over every obstacle on the pounding hoofs of rhapsodical prose — Virginia Woolf
3. : to ride over at a gallop
each knight must gallop the course three times — American Guide Series: Maryland