gallop(n = noun.act) Array - a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously; Array
is a kind of gait
Derived forms verb gallop₁, verb gallop₃, verb gallop₂

1.  gallop(v = verb.motion) Array - ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"
is one way to ride horseback
Derived form noun gallop₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  gallop(v = verb.motion) Array - go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"
is one way to pace
Derived form noun gallop₁
Sample sentences: The horses gallop across the field

3.  gallop(v = verb.motion) extend - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
is one way to ride, sit
Derived form noun gallop₁
Sample sentences: The men gallop the horses across the field

1.  To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. [1913 Webster]
"But gallop lively down the western hill." [1913 Webster]

2.  To ride a horse at a gallop. [1913 Webster]

3.  Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. [1913 Webster]
"Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it." [1913 Webster]

   To cause to gallop. [1913 Webster]

   A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. [1913 Webster]

gallop, n. & v.
--n.
1 the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride.
2 a ride at this pace.
3 a track or ground for this.
--v. (galloped, galloping)
1 a intr. (of a horse etc. or its rider) go at the pace of a gallop. b tr. make (a horse etc.) gallop.
2 intr. (foll. by through, over) read, recite, or talk at great speed.
3 intr. move or progress rapidly (galloping inflation).

Idiom:
at a gallop at the pace of a gallop.

Derivative:
galloper n.

Etymology:
OF galop, galoper: see WALLOP

VB  be transient, flit, pass away, fly, gallop, vanish, fade, evaporate, pass away like a cloud, pass away like a summer cloud, pass away like a shadow, pass away like a dream.

VB  travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

VB  move quickly, trip, fisk, speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle, scud, scuddle, scour, scour the plain, scamper, run like mad, beat it, fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush, cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel, scorch, burn up the track, rush, dash on, dash off, dash forward, bolt, trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom, march in quick time, march in double time, ride hard, get over the ground, hurry, accelerate, put on, quicken, quicken one's pace, mend one's pace, clap spurs to one's horse, make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way, put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score, carry sail, crowd sail, go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground, outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind, keep up with, keep pace with, outstrip, outmarch.

gallop rhythm