galloping

Verb

gallop (third-person singular simple present gallops, present participle galloping, simple past and past participle galloped)

1. (intransitive, etc) To run at a gallop.
   • The horse galloped past the finishing line.
2. (intransitive) To ride at a galloping pace.
   • Gallop lively down the western hill.a. 1631, John Donne, Epithalamion Made at Lincoln's Inn
3. (transitive) To cause to gallop.
   • to gallop a horse
4. (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.
5. (intransitive) To run very fast.
   • In the 11th minute the German won possession in midfield and teed up the galloping Kieran Gibbs, whose angled shot was pushed by Kelvin Davies straight into the retreating Jos Hooiveld.2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian
6. (figuratively, intransitive) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
   • Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC

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