galloped; galloping; gallops
galloper
noun
1
: a bounding gait of a quadruped
specifically
: a fast natural usually 4-beat gait of the horse compare canter entry 3, run
2
: a ride or run at a gallop
3
: a stretch of land suitable for galloping horses
4
: a rapid or hasty progression or pace
Examples of gallop in a Sentence
Verb
The horse galloped toward us.
He mounted his horse and galloped off to sound the alarm.
She galloped her horse toward us.
I grabbed my books and galloped out the door.
The program gallops through early American history.
Noun
The horse was at full gallop.
He mounted his horse and took off at a gallop.
We went for a gallop through the countryside.
Recent Examples on the Web
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
Various aesthetic details celebrate the maison’s equestrian heritage, including the Arabic numerals of the hours-minutes display, which are inclined to evoke a galloping horse, and, at 6 o’clock, minute repeater hammers sculpted in the shape of horses.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Regardless of any critique, Beyoncé galloped to the No. 1 album in the country — her eighth in her discography — with Cowboy Carter topping the Billboard 200 with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
Birds chirping overhead, horses galloping in the distance — and in the middle of the rural scene, a coffee shop.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2024
The argument that Slovakia’s bears are nothing to be afraid of was further undermined when footage emerged of an animal galloping down a main street in Liptovský Mikuláš just two days after Tatiana’s death.
—Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
Animal keepers at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere also documented giraffes galloping during the brief moments in 2017 when the sky darkened in the middle of the day.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
In the show’s end sequence, the cartoon children gallop back to the park, turn back into flesh-and-blood kids and continue their carousel ride.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Benjamin gets state started, knocks off Gordon For the first time in program history, the Benjamin Mustangs are galloping to the boys basketball state championship.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
Beginning as a brunette, the Fatal Attraction talent, 76, gallops across the screen, before ripping off a wig off to reveal her true identity.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
Perhaps a gallop at Griffith Park or lunging — driving a horse around a circle on a rope — in a patch of land called the Pollywog.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
Sutton had a career-high 86 yards last week against Utah State, most of it on a 62-yard gallop.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
The decision was made by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after Forte went through his routine gallop Saturday morning and a veterinary inspection.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
On Tuesday, Practical Move, winner of the Santa Anita Derby, dropped dead on the track after finishing a gallop.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
At the start, a young girl in a scarlet raincoat traipses across the grass of an English country house as a white horse gallops past, as if out of a vision or a child’s make-believe.
—Zachary Barnes, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
Video taken by Gatlinburg-Pittman High School Head Football Coach Brad Waggoner shows the bear briskly gallop across the field near the end zone at the school in the mountain town of Gatlinburg, known as a gateway to the roughly 520,000-acre Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
Verb
From there, Simpson galloped to to 2,003 yards, the NFL’s first 2,000-yard rushing season and the only one done in 14 games.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
Various aesthetic details celebrate the maison’s equestrian heritage, including the Arabic numerals of the hours-minutes display, which are inclined to evoke a galloping horse, and, at 6 o’clock, minute repeater hammers sculpted in the shape of horses.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Regardless of any critique, Beyoncé galloped to the No. 1 album in the country — her eighth in her discography — with Cowboy Carter topping the Billboard 200 with 407,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 4, according to Luminate.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
Birds chirping overhead, horses galloping in the distance — and in the middle of the rural scene, a coffee shop.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2024
The argument that Slovakia’s bears are nothing to be afraid of was further undermined when footage emerged of an animal galloping down a main street in Liptovský Mikuláš just two days after Tatiana’s death.
—Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
Animal keepers at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere also documented giraffes galloping during the brief moments in 2017 when the sky darkened in the middle of the day.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
In the show’s end sequence, the cartoon children gallop back to the park, turn back into flesh-and-blood kids and continue their carousel ride.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Benjamin gets state started, knocks off Gordon For the first time in program history, the Benjamin Mustangs are galloping to the boys basketball state championship.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
Noun
Her run is the high-voltage gallop of purpose and thrill.
—Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
Beginning as a brunette, the Fatal Attraction talent, 76, gallops across the screen, before ripping off a wig off to reveal her true identity.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
Perhaps a gallop at Griffith Park or lunging — driving a horse around a circle on a rope — in a patch of land called the Pollywog.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
Sutton had a career-high 86 yards last week against Utah State, most of it on a 62-yard gallop.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
The decision was made by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after Forte went through his routine gallop Saturday morning and a veterinary inspection.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
On Tuesday, Practical Move, winner of the Santa Anita Derby, dropped dead on the track after finishing a gallop.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
At the start, a young girl in a scarlet raincoat traipses across the grass of an English country house as a white horse gallops past, as if out of a vision or a child’s make-believe.
—Zachary Barnes, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
Video taken by Gatlinburg-Pittman High School Head Football Coach Brad Waggoner shows the bear briskly gallop across the field near the end zone at the school in the mountain town of Gatlinburg, known as a gateway to the roughly 520,000-acre Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
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Copy CitationKids Definition
gallop
1 of 2 verb
gal·lop
ˈgal-əp 
1
: to go or cause to go at a gallop
2
: to run fast
galloper
noun
gallop
2 of 2 noun1
: a fast bounding gait of a four-footed animal in which all four feet are off the ground at one time once in each stride
especially
: a fast gait of the horse with a three-beat or four-beat rhythm
2
: a ride or run at a gallop
3
: a rapid progression or pace
Medical Definition
gallop
1 of 2 intransitive verb
gal·lop
ˈgal-əp
: to progress or ride at a gallop
: to cause to gallop
gallop
2 of 2 noun1
: a bounding gait of a quadruped
specifically
: a fast natural 3-beat gait of the horse
2
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