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- [gal-uh p]
- /ˈgæl əp/
- /ˈɡæl.əp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gal-uh p]
- /ˈgæl əp/
Definitions of gallop word
- verb without object gallop to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends. 1
- verb without object gallop to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop. 1
- verb without object gallop to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time. 1
- verb with object gallop to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop. 1
- noun gallop 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. 1
- noun gallop a run or ride at this gait. 1
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Origin of gallop
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English galopen (v.) < Old French galoper < Frankish *wala hlaupan to run well (see well1, leap) or, alternatively, verbal derivative of *walhlaup, equivalent to *wal battlefield (cognate with Old High German wal; see Valkyrie) + *hlaup run, course (derivative of the v.)
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Parts of speech for Gallop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gallop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gallop
verb gallop
- zoom — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
- dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- lope — to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
noun gallop
- charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
Antonyms for gallop
verb gallop
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
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