outgallop en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English gallop English outgallop From out- + gallop.
Meanings
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(especially, of horses or riders, transitive) To run faster than; to outdistance.
1869, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude, ch. 14, He had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outgalloped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outgalloped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outgallops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outgalloping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |