'Gallop' definitions:

Definition of 'gallop'

noun

A fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously

verb

Ride at a galloping pace; "He was galloping down the road"

verb

Go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"

verb

Cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" [syn: gallop, extend]

From: GCIDE

Gallop \Gal"lop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Galloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Galloping.] [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehle['a]pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.]
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. --Donne. [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. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Gallop \Gal"lop\, n. [Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.] 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]
Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop. [1913 Webster]