n.
- the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride.
▸a ride on a horse at a gallop.
- Brit. a track where horses are exercised at a gallop.
v.
(gallops, galloping, galloped)
- go or cause to go at a gallop.
- proceed at great speed:
he galloped through the service.
▸
[often as adj. galloping]
progress in a rapid and seemingly uncontrollable manner.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from OFr. galop (n.), galoper (v.), vars of Old North. Fr. walop, waloper (see wallop).