gallop

n.

1. 1. A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
   2. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.
2. A ride taken at a gallop.
3. A rapid pace: Events were proceeding at a gallop.
4. Medicine. A disordered rhythm of the heart characterized by three or four distinct heart sounds in each cycle and resembling the sound of a galloping horse. Also called cantering rhythm, gallop rhythm.

v., -loped, -lop·ing, -lops.

v.tr.

1. To cause to gallop.
2. To transport at or as if at a gallop: gallop the mail to the next station.

v.intr.

1. To ride a horse at a gallop.
2. To move or progress swiftly: Summer was galloping by.

[From Middle English galopen, to go at a gallop, from Old French galoper, of Germanic origin.]

galloper gal'lop·er n.

1. a disordered rhythm of the heart. See also gallop rhythm.
2. the horse's fastest gait. All four hooves are off the ground at the one time and the rhythm is one of four beats. The sequence of contact by the hooves is near hind, off hind, near fore, then off fore (when the off fore is the leading limb).

• diastolic g. — see gallop rhythm.

IN BRIEF: The fastest speed of a horse.

Horses may walk, trot, canter or gallop.

Tutor's tip: The dancer appeared to "gallop" (to run fast) through the "galop" (a kind of dance).

Dansk (Danish)
n. - galop
v. tr. - få til at galopere
v. intr. - galopere, løbe i galop

idioms:

• at a gallop    i fuldt firspring

Nederlands (Dutch)
galopperen, snel (voor) lezen/praten, zich razendsnel ontwikkelen/ bewegen, galop, plaats om te galopperen

Français (French)
n. - galop
v. tr. - galoper
v. intr. - galoper

idioms:

• at a gallop    au galop

Deutsch (German)
v. - galoppieren
n. - Galopp

idioms:

• at a gallop    im Galopp

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καλπάζω, κινούμαι με καλπασμό
n. - καλπασμός (κν. γκάλοπ)

idioms:

• at a gallop    με καλπασμό

Italiano (Italian)
galoppare, galoppo

idioms:

• at a gallop    al galoppo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - galopar, apressar-se (ao ler, falar)
n. - galope (m), progresso (m) rápido

idioms:

• at a gallop    a toda velocidade, a galope

Русский (Russian)
галоп

idioms:

• at a gallop    галопом

Español (Spanish)
n. - galope, forma veloz de andar, galopada
v. tr. - hacer galopar
v. intr. - galopar, correr a gran velocidad, apurarse

idioms:

• at a gallop    al galope

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - galoppera
n. - galopp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
疾驰, 飞奔, 使飞跑, 迅速运输, 飞驰, 急急忙忙地说, 急速进行

idioms:

• at a gallop    用最快速度, 急速地, 飞快地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 疾馳, 飛奔
v. tr. - 使飛跑, 迅速運輸
v. intr. - 飛馳, 急急忙忙地說, 急速進行

idioms:

• at a gallop    用最快速度, 急速地, 飛快地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갤럽(말 등이 전속력으로 달리기)
v. tr. - 전속력으로 달리다
v. intr. - 전속력으로 달리다, 빨리 진행하다

idioms:

• at a gallop    전속력으로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ギャロップ, ギャロップでの乗馬
v. - ギャロップで駆ける, 大急ぎでする

idioms:

• at a gallop    全速力で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعدو, يجري ( للفرس, ) (الاسم) جري أو عدو الفرس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דהירה, מסלול דהירה‬
v. tr. - ‮דהר, רץ, הדהיר, קרא או דיבר במהירות‬
v. intr. - ‮התקדם מהר, קרא או דיבר במהירות‬

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