gallop
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Is gallop a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (cardiology) An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
2. (music) A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop.Examples: "A gallop rhythm: \drums{\repeat unfold4{wbl8wbh16 16"
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.Examples: "The horse galloped past the finishing line."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace.Examples: "Gallop lively down the western hill."intransitive
3. (transitive) To cause to gallop.Examples: "to gallop a horse"transitive
4. (ambitransitive) 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.ambitransitive
5. (intransitive) To run very fast.Examples: "In the 11th minute the German won possession in midfield and teed up the galloping Kieran Gibbs, whose angled shot was pushed by Kelvin Davies straight into the retreating Jos Hooiveld."intransitive
6. (figurative, intransitive) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.Examples: "Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it."; "Soon after breakfast Miss Matilda, having galloped and blundered through a few unprofitable lessons, and vengeably thumped the piano for an hour, in a terrible humour with both me and it, because her mama would not give her a holiday, […]"figurativelyintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary