gallop

verb

ˈga-ləp How to pronounce gallop (audio)
Definition of gallopnext
as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk dawdles to school but gallops coming home

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Recent Examples of gallop We were greeted at the gate by three galloping horses and over a dozen hounds, who gracefully led us to the castle, where we were met by the delightful staff. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026 The Mustangs were down 3 at the half on Friday night but galloped away with the win on the legs of RB Sawyer Blomquist, who punched in four TDs and ran for 176 yards on 33 carries. — Nate Peterson, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026 Last year, horses galloped into the debate from another direction when the historian-futurist Yuval Noah Harari predicted that, in the not distant future, humans will be to artificial intelligence what horses are to humans. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The stallion gallops onto the field every time the team scores a touchdown, adding to the reverberating noise of fans hooting and hollering in the stands. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gallop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallop
  1. trot
  2. jog
  3. run
Verb
  • Quickley countered by trotting upcourt and sinking another 3 over the rookie.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Christiane Amanpour, who parlayed a job as a news assistant on CNN‘s foreign desk into a years-long globe-trotting assignment for the news giant, plans to step away from the media company in June.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of trot
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  • The car drove off, and the other person who had approached the vehicle jogged after it.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Within seconds of the performance ending, the players were jogging back onto the floor.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of jog
Verb
  • Cybersecurity experts told Fortune that unpatched systems could let hackers run code remotely, which puts websites and sensitive data at risk.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the racetrack, the horses ran, and Crawford hosted members at the Ruidoso Jockey Club, where private tables cost as much as six figures.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of run

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“Gallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallop. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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