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# gallop

verb (gallop, gallops, galloped, galloping); noun (a gallop, gallops)

«gallop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To gallop is to run very fast, the way a horse does, with all four feet off the ground at one moment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#m1)
2. A gallop is a horse's fastest way of running, or a ride at that speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#m2)
3. Gallop also means to do something very fast (informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, knights and cowboys gallop away. Horse speeds: walk, trot, canter, gallop. In PE, children «gallop» as a movement skill. Informally, «galloping prices» rise very fast.

### Examples

- The horse galloped across the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#x1)
- We went for a gallop on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#x2)
- Children galloped around the hall like ponies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#x3)
- The knight galloped off to save the princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#x4)
- The days galloped by during the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#x5)
- At a gallop, a horse is very fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/#x6)

### Note

Past: galloped (one p — not «gallopped»). Order of speeds: walk, trot, canter, gallop.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gallop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gallop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gallop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gallop.html) on Mova free.