Gallop

gal′up, v.i. to move by leaps, as a horse: to ride a galloping horse: to move very fast.— v.t. to cause to gallop.— n. the pace at which a horse runs when the forefeet are lifted together and the hindfeet together: a ride at a gallop.— n. Gall′oper , one who, or that which, gallops.— part. and adj. Gall′oping , proceeding at a gallop: ( fig. ) advancing rapidly, as in the phrase, 'a galloping consumption.'— Canterbury gallop , a moderate gallop of a horse (see Canter ). [O. Fr. galop , galoper ; prob. Teut., related to leap . There is a Flemish and a Middle High Ger. walop (n.). The root is seen in Old Fries. walla , to boil; cf. Well (1).]