gallop
/ˈɡæləp/
verb
- To run fast with a bounding stride, as a horse does when all four feet are off the ground at once.
- She learned to gallop during her riding lessons last summer.
- The horse began to gallop across the open field.
- We watched the wild horses gallop along the beach at sunset.
- To move or progress very quickly.
- The project galloped ahead once we got the approval.
- Time seems to gallop when you're having fun.
- The children galloped down the stairs to open their presents.
noun
- The fastest gait of a horse or other four-legged animal, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
- The sound of the gallop echoed across the valley.
- The horse broke into a gallop as the race began.
- She slowed her horse from a gallop to a trot.
- A fast pace or rapid movement.
- We finished the work at a gallop to meet the deadline.
- The story moved at a gallop, with one exciting event after another.
- He read the book at a gallop, finishing it in one evening.