Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gallop
IPA transcription: [ɡ'æləp]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gallop
    Meaning: a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gallop
    Meaning: ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"
  • Synonyms: gallop
    Meaning: go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"
Usage examples
  • "You might first take a gallop to the Springs.
  • Like a stalled horse that breaks loose and goes at a gallop through the plain
  • "We went a gallop nearly all the way, and got there just as the doctor rode up.
  • The turf, hard and dry, only showed the tracks of a horse when going in a gallop.
  • My friend the owner of the plantation was coming down the road at a gallop, straight upon me.
  • He did not note how far they ran; but at last came a slower motion, a gallop, and then a trot.
  • I saw not the lurching gallop of the long-jawed wolf, nor the high, elastic bounding of the deer.
  • "You've got him!" cried Ned Rector as Tad approached, now at a gallop, the animal's ears lying back angrily.
  • Indeed, I had great liberty with regard to her, and took her out for a trot and a gallop as often as I pleased.
  • Far safer through an Abbey gallop, The stones achase, Than, moonless, one's own self encounter In lonesome place.