gallop
To run at a gallopTo run at a gallop.
» I saw a horse galloping toward me.
Ich sah ein Pferd auf mich zu galoppieren.
Meaning
7 senses(intransitive)To run at a gallop.
The horse galloped past the finishing line.
cause to move at full gallop
(intransitive)To ride at a galloping pace.
galoppieren
скака́ть гало́помskakátʹ galópom, галопи́роватьgalopírovatʹ
ride at a galloping pace
(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.
(figuratively, intransitive)To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
(intransitive)To progress rapidly through the body.
Examples
34 sentencesI saw a horse galloping toward me.
deIch sah ein Pferd auf mich zu galoppieren.
We galloped our horses over the hill.
Tom urged his horse into a gallop.
deTom drängte sein Pferd in einen Galopp.
I've galloped for three days only to tell you that I could not care less for you.
Три дні я гналася за вами, аби сказати, як мені до вас байдуже.
ruТри дня я гналась за вами, чтобы сказать вам, как вы мне безразличны.
The horse gallops over the meadow.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English galopen (“to gallop”), from Old French galoper (compare modern FrenchFrom 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”).
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Forms
gallops, galloping, galloped, gallopedSynonyms
1 synonyms- cause to move at full gallop:extend
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle