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 Northern French variant.
Meanings
The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
Charlie and Marnie fought at brunch and then confessed their undying love for each other; Ray got promoted by his coffee-shop boss and then dumped by his croissant-purse-toting girlfriend; and Hannah, with a deadline looming, her OCD blaring, and all her friends elsewhere, desperately FaceTimed Adam—who took a shirtless, rom-commy gallop across Brooklyn to meet her. 2013 March 18, The "Girls" Roundtable, “The 'Girls' Season-Finale Gut Check: And Hannah Lived Happily Ever After?”, in The Atlantic:
An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop.
A gallop rhythm:
\drums{\repeat unfold4{wbl8wbh16 16
tr dörtnal (fastest gait of a horse) · oc galòp (fastest gait of a horse) · ka ნავარდი (fastest gait of a horse) · hy քառատրոփ արշավ (fastest gait of a horse) · lt galvotrūkčiais (fastest gait of a horse) · ru гало́п (fastest gait of a horse) · lt šuoliai (fastest gait of a horse) · it galoppo (fastest gait of a horse) · mk га́лоп (fastest gait of a horse) · sh gàlop (fastest gait of a horse) · mn давхилт (fastest gait of a horse) · lt galopas (fastest gait of a horse) · fa چهارنعل (fastest gait of a horse) · cs trysk (fastest gait of a horse) · br pevarlamm (fastest gait of a horse) · pt galope (fastest gait of a horse) · de Galopp (fastest gait of a horse) · hy քառարշավ (fastest gait of a horse) · haw holo (fastest gait of a horse) · mn давхиа (fastest gait of a horse) · ca galop (fastest gait of a horse) · sh га̀лоп (fastest gait of a horse) · nl strictly speaking rengalop (fastest gait of a horse) · ka ოთხაღებით სვლა (fastest gait of a horse) · es galope (fastest gait of a horse) · fr galop (fastest gait of a horse) · fi neli (fastest gait of a horse) · sv galopp (fastest gait of a horse) · no galopp (fastest gait of a horse) · ja ギャロップ (fastest gait of a horse) · pl cwał (fastest gait of a horse) · fi kiitolaukka (fastest gait of a horse) · ro galop (fastest gait of a horse) · bg галоп (fastest gait of a horse) · gl galope (fastest gait of a horse) · da galop (fastest gait of a horse)
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 Northern French variant.
Meanings
(intransitive, of a horse, qualifier:etc) To run at a gallop.
The horse galloped past the finishing line.
(intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace.
Gallop lively down the western hill. a. 1631, John Donne, Epithalamion Made at Lincoln's Inn:
(transitive) To cause to gallop.
to gallop a horse
(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.
(intransitive) To run very fast.
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. 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian:
(figuratively, intransitive) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
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, […] 1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey:
Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:
(intransitive, of an infection, qualifier:especially pneumonia) To progress rapidly through the body.
es galopar (to ride at a galloping pace) · cs běžet tryskem (to ride at a galloping pace) · fa چهارنعل رفتن (to ride at a galloping pace) · pl cwałować (to ride at a galloping pace) · de galoppieren (to ride at a galloping pace) · cs jet tryskem (to ride at a galloping pace) · fi nelistää (to ride at a galloping pace) · io galopigar (to cause to gallop) · ru галопи́ровать (to ride at a galloping pace) · mk галопи́ра (to ride at a galloping pace) · es galopear (to ride at a galloping pace) · pl galopować (to ride at a galloping pace) · ru скака́ть гало́пом (to ride at a galloping pace) · mn довтлох (to ride at a galloping pace) · ja ギャロップで駆ける (to ride at a galloping pace) · vi phi (to ride at a galloping pace) · fi laukata (to ride at a galloping pace) · hu vágtázik (to ride at a galloping pace) · es hacer galopar (to cause to gallop) · cs letět tryskem (to ride at a galloping pace) · no galoppere (to ride at a galloping pace) · it galoppare (to ride at a galloping pace) · th ห้อ (to ride at a galloping pace) · tr dörtnal koşmak (to ride at a galloping pace) · cs pobídnout k trysku (to cause to gallop) · sh galopirati (to ride at a galloping pace) · cmn 馳騁 /驰骋 (to ride at a galloping pace) · hu vágtat (to ride at a galloping pace) · fr galoper (to ride at a galloping pace) · haw hoʻoholo (to cause to gallop) · pt galopar (to ride at a galloping pace) · sv galoppera (to ride at a galloping pace) · es causar galopear (to cause to gallop) · ka ოთხით ჭენება (to ride at a galloping pace) · nl galopperen (to ride at a galloping pace) · ca galopar (to ride at a galloping pace) · cmn 奔騰 /奔腾 (to ride at a galloping pace) · gl galopar (to ride at a galloping pace) · cs přinutit k trysku (to cause to gallop) · da galopere (to ride at a galloping pace) · haw holo (to ride at a galloping pace) · oc galopar (to ride at a galloping pace) · mn давхиулах (to cause to gallop) · lt šuoliuoti (to ride at a galloping pace) · sh галопирати (to ride at a galloping pace) · ro galopa (to ride at a galloping pace) · io galopar (to ride at a galloping pace) · ka ნავარდი (to ride at a galloping pace) · bg галопирам (to ride at a galloping pace) · he דהר (to ride at a galloping pace) · fa تاختن (to ride at a galloping pace)