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gallop

Syllabification: (gal·lop)

Pronunciation: /ˈgaləp/

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Definition of gallop

noun

[in singular]

the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride:the horse broke into a furious gallop riding at full gallop
a ride on a horse at a gallop:Will went for a gallop on the beach
a very fast pace of running or moving.

verb (gallops, galloping, galloped)

[no object]

1(of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop.
[with object] make (a horse) gallop:Fred galloped the horse off to the start
(of a person) run fast and rather boisterously.

2(of a process or time) progress rapidly in a seemingly uncontrollable manner:panic about the deadline galloping toward them (as adjective galloping)galloping inflation

Derivatives

galloper

Origin:

early 16th century: from Old French galop (noun), galoper (verb), variants of Old Northern French walop, waloper (see wallop)

Spelling rule

Do not double the final consonant when adding endings that begin with a vowel to a word that ends in a vowel plus a consonant, if the stress is not at the end of the word (as in target): (gallops, galloping, galloped).

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