Gallop
verb
The fastest pace of a horse or other four-legged animal.
The horse started to gallop quickly.
Often appears as...
- break into a gallop
- gallop away
noun
A fast type of running gait peculiar to horses and other four legged animals.
The racer took off at a fast gallop.
Often appears as...
- break into a gallop
- maintain a gallop
verb
To move or progress in a hurried and often chaotic manner.
He galloped through the report to finish on time.
Often appears as...
- galloped through the report
- galloped through her work
noun
In medical terminology, a rapid, healthy or unusual heart rate.
The doctor detected a gallop rhythm during the examination.
Often appears as...
- cardiac gallop
- detect a gallop
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Technical
verb
The fastest pace of a horse or other four-legged animal.
The horse started to gallop quickly.
Often appears as...
- break into a gallop
- gallop away
noun
A fast type of running gait peculiar to horses and other four legged animals.
The racer took off at a fast gallop.
Often appears as...
- break into a gallop
- maintain a gallop
verb
To move or progress in a hurried and often chaotic manner.
He galloped through the report to finish on time.
Often appears as...
- galloped through the report
- galloped through her work
noun
In medical terminology, a rapid, healthy or unusual heart rate.
The doctor detected a gallop rhythm during the examination.
Often appears as...
- cardiac gallop
- detect a gallop
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Horse Speed
Used for describing the fastest speed at which a horse moves, like running.
The mare broke into a gallop across the field.
Pro Tip 2/2Energy Context
Implies an energetic, urgent situation when used with animals or metaphorically.
The dog will gallop to greet you after a long day.
Pro Tip 1/2Horse Speed
Used for describing the fastest speed at which a horse moves, like running.
The mare broke into a gallop across the field.
Pro Tip 2/2Energy Context
Implies an energetic, urgent situation when used with animals or metaphorically.
The dog will gallop to greet you after a long day.
Pro Tip 1/2Horse Speed
Used for describing the fastest speed at which a horse moves, like running.
The mare broke into a gallop across the field.
Pro Tip 2/2Energy Context
Implies an energetic, urgent situation when used with animals or metaphorically.
The dog will gallop to greet you after a long day.
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The myth behind the...
The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right behind him. The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river.
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Meet Spot, the robot dog...
It's got a gyroscope that helps stabilize it. It's got sensors and a control computer. Here's a Cheetah robot that's running with a galloping gait, where it recycles its energy, it bounces on the ground, and it's computing all the time in order to keep itself stabilized and propelled.
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A robot that runs and...
makes a complete switch between two very different gaits. And in fact, the same has been observed in cats. If you stimulate the spinal cord of a cat, you can switch between walk, trot and gallop. Or in birds, you can make a bird switch between walking, at a low level of stimulation,
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
galloping from over the horizon they would say hello tap us on the shoulder and then head off it seemed wherever they pleased and until this point for Chris and I are these bikes had been a tool for breaking away in a conventional path in life but suddenly Chris and I
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Cheetah vs Greyhound...
left from right back right back left is that circular rotary gallop we talked about and that she can really see there's two flight phases so when their feet are off the grounds they're either fully extended or tucked up to the body just like a cheetah that was pretty
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The psychology of your...
slows over the human lifespan, that your children seem to change by the minute but your parents seem to change by the year. But what is the name of this magical point in life where change suddenly goes from a gallop to a crawl? Is it teenage years? Is it middle age?
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A brief tour of the last...
everything almost died and it was mass extinction number three. The day life nearly died. A single, lonely tusked mammal survived and thrived, but it was soon replaced by galloping crocodiles. In the ocean, marine reptiles,
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The Last Untouched Land...
sexy there is right there oh yes Wow he's been around all three days she's like being in the galloping not a window there for the first exactly the animals are no people this is this is part life
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Ultimate Horsepower in...
horsepower so today so I would love to see one of these guys a horse galloping slow-mo that sounds fantastic we got here and we've got street artists would you reconcile what do we have to
Video examples
The myth of King Midas...
Ecstatic, he turned to his possessions. At his lightest touch, the palace walls transformed, stone statues shone, and goblets glittered. He galloped through his home in a frenzy,
Video examples
The myth behind the...
The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right behind him. The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river.
Video examples
Meet Spot, the robot dog...
It's got a gyroscope that helps stabilize it. It's got sensors and a control computer. Here's a Cheetah robot that's running with a galloping gait, where it recycles its energy, it bounces on the ground, and it's computing all the time in order to keep itself stabilized and propelled.
Video examples
A robot that runs and...
makes a complete switch between two very different gaits. And in fact, the same has been observed in cats. If you stimulate the spinal cord of a cat, you can switch between walk, trot and gallop. Or in birds, you can make a bird switch between walking, at a low level of stimulation,
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
galloping from over the horizon they would say hello tap us on the shoulder and then head off it seemed wherever they pleased and until this point for Chris and I are these bikes had been a tool for breaking away in a conventional path in life but suddenly Chris and I
Video examples
Cheetah vs Greyhound...
left from right back right back left is that circular rotary gallop we talked about and that she can really see there's two flight phases so when their feet are off the grounds they're either fully extended or tucked up to the body just like a cheetah that was pretty
Video examples
The psychology of your...
slows over the human lifespan, that your children seem to change by the minute but your parents seem to change by the year. But what is the name of this magical point in life where change suddenly goes from a gallop to a crawl? Is it teenage years? Is it middle age?
Video examples
A brief tour of the last...
everything almost died and it was mass extinction number three. The day life nearly died. A single, lonely tusked mammal survived and thrived, but it was soon replaced by galloping crocodiles. In the ocean, marine reptiles,
Video examples
The Last Untouched Land...
sexy there is right there oh yes Wow he's been around all three days she's like being in the galloping not a window there for the first exactly the animals are no people this is this is part life
Video examples
Ultimate Horsepower in...
horsepower so today so I would love to see one of these guys a horse galloping slow-mo that sounds fantastic we got here and we've got street artists would you reconcile what do we have to
Video examples
The myth of King Midas...
Ecstatic, he turned to his possessions. At his lightest touch, the palace walls transformed, stone statues shone, and goblets glittered. He galloped through his home in a frenzy,
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Quote examples
Betty Shabazz
American Activist
I looked over and saw this man on the extreme right aisle sort of galloping to the podium. He was tall, he was thin, and the way he was galloping it looked as though he was going someplace much more important than the podium.
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Victoria Pendleton
British Athlete
Anyone that has been lucky enough to go to the races and witness the magnificent spectacle of a competitive race will know how people like me can instantly fall in love with the power and beauty of race horses in full gallop.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.
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Sucheta Dalal
India needs fresh thinking and quick decision-making to get out of the stifling bind of its galloping population and deadly poverty.
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Will Self
English Author
The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.
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John Webster
English Playwright
When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.
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Byron Dorgan
American Politician
This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy.
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Jane Smiley
American Writer
I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.
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John Fusco
American Writer
Horse thunder' is what I call the sound of galloping hooves.
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Cary Grant
American Actor
Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.
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Betty Shabazz
American Activist
I looked over and saw this man on the extreme right aisle sort of galloping to the podium. He was tall, he was thin, and the way he was galloping it looked as though he was going someplace much more important than the podium.
Quote examples
Victoria Pendleton
British Athlete
Anyone that has been lucky enough to go to the races and witness the magnificent spectacle of a competitive race will know how people like me can instantly fall in love with the power and beauty of race horses in full gallop.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.
Quote examples
Sucheta Dalal
India needs fresh thinking and quick decision-making to get out of the stifling bind of its galloping population and deadly poverty.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.
Quote examples
John Webster
English Playwright
When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.
Quote examples
Byron Dorgan
American Politician
This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy.
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Jane Smiley
American Writer
I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.
Quote examples
John Fusco
American Writer
Horse thunder' is what I call the sound of galloping hooves.
Quote examples
Cary Grant
American Actor
Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.
Example 1 of 10
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