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GALLOP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gallop" is a kind of...):

gait (a horse's manner of moving)

Derivation:

gallop (ride at a galloping pace)

gallop (cause to move at full gallop)

gallop (go at galloping speed)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride at a galloping pace

Example:

He was galloping down the road

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "gallop" is one way to...):

ride horseback (ride on horseback)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to move at full gallop

Example:

Did you gallop the horse just now?

Synonyms:

extend; gallop

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "gallop" is one way to...):

ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men gallop the horses across the field

Derivation:

gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go at galloping speed

Example:

The horse was galloping along

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "gallop" is one way to...):

pace (go at a pace)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The horses gallop across the field

Derivation:

gallop (a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“It has been in some points a singular case,” said Holmes, flicking the horse on into a gallop.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"See," he said, "they come quickly; they are flogging the horses, and galloping as hard as they can."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I roared as loud as I could, and the nag came galloping towards me, whereupon she quitted her grasp, with the utmost reluctancy, and leaped upon the opposite bank, where she stood gazing and howling all the time I was putting on my clothes.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Just then the noise of horses topped the rise, and four or five riders came in sight in the moonlight and swept at full gallop down the slope.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When the day came, the youth galloped to the spot, took his place amongst the knights, and was recognized by no one.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He bent down from his saddle, and then, striking spurs into his horse's sides, he galloped at top speed after his men, with his three squires at his heels.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But as to hunting, what amusement can there be in flying about among a crowd of greasy, galloping farmers?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Miss Ingram, as before, was the only lady equestrian; and, as before, Mr. Rochester galloped at her side; the two rode a little apart from the rest.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I longed to show them a tearing American gallop, for they trotted solemnly up and down, in their scant habits and high hats, looking like the women in a toy Noah's Ark.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The gard'ner wot didn't remember said he was a-gallopin' northward faster than a horse could go; but I don't believe him, for, yer see, sir, wolves don't gallop no more nor dogs does, they not bein' built that way.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)