gallop

CEFRC1

/ˈɡæləp/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    For a horse to run fast with all four feet leaving the ground.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.

Examples

  • Horses have three modes of locomotion: Walk, trot and gallop.

  • They moved quicker than horses in gallop.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. An act or instance of going or running rapidly.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

  2. A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop.

More examples

In context

  • We had a gallop over the hill.

  • The horse galloped past the finishing line.

  • A gallop rhythm: \drums{\repeat unfold4{wbl8wbh16 16

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Origin

verb

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 Norther...