Gallop /(?)/

Gal·lop

Gallop

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Galloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Galloping

  1. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.
    But gallop lively down the western hill.
    — Donne.
  2. To ride a horse at a gallop.
  3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
    Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.

Gallop

v. t.
  1. To cause to gallop.

Gallop

n.
  1. A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.

Phrases & Compounds

Hand gallop
a slow or gentle gallop.