gallop

Meaning

Noun

1. The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
2. An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
3. An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
4. A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop.

Verb

1. To run at a gallop.
2. To ride at a galloping pace.
3. To cause to gallop.
4. To make electrical or other utility lines sway and/or move up and down violently, usually due to a combination of high winds and ice accrual on the lines.
5. To run very fast.
6. To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
7. To progress rapidly through the body.

Synonyms

canter

run

speed

leap

race

jump

jog

make a profit

run fast

galloping

dance

💃

sprint

hasten

swift

extend

hurry

trot

scurry

shoot

skedaddle

skip

spring

spur

spurt

stampede

stride

tear

tiptoe

wallop

zip

zoom

take flight

jumping motion

go running

bolt

go at full speed

bound

career

charge

convey

curvet

dart

🎯

dash

💨

fly

✈️

haste

hop

hurtle

lope

prance

ride

running

🏃

scoot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡæləp/

Etymology

Cognate with French: galoper

In summary

From Middle English galopen (“to gallop”), from Old French galoper (compare modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”), from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaup-, *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "dead, victim, slain" from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”).
More at well, leap, valkyrie. See also the doublet wallop, coming from the same source through an Old Northern French variant.