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   gallop

   /ˈɡaləp/

   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 ride on a horse at a gallop: "Wilfred went for a gallop on the sands"
   • ▪ a very fast pace of running by a person: "she ran after them at a gallop"
   • ▪ a track or ground where horses are exercised at a gallop: "Dancer fractured a foreleg on the gallops"

   verb

   • 1. (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop: "we galloped along the sand"
   • ▪ make (a horse) gallop: "Fred galloped the horse off to the start"
   • ▪ (of a person) run fast: "Leota galloped in from the halfway line"
   • 2. proceed at great speed: "don't gallop through your speech"
   • ▪ (of a process or event) progress in a rapid and seemingly uncontrollable manner: "his life gallops headlong towards disaster"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. galloper noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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