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outgalloping

outgalloping is the present participle and gerund of outgallop.

Meaning of outgallop

Verb

outgallop (third-person singular simple present outgallops, present participle outgalloping, simple past and past participle outgalloped)

  1. (especially, transitive) To run faster than; to outdistance.
    • He had lately procured himself a large, fine, mettlesome, Donets horse, dun-colored, with light mane and tail, and when he rode it no one could outgallop him.1869, Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude, ch. 14

Questions about outgalloping

What is outgalloping the present participle and gerund of?
Outgalloping is the present participle and gerund of outgallop.

Words near outgalloping in the dictionary

  1. outgained
  2. outgaining
  3. outgains
  4. outgallop
  5. outgalloped
  6. outgalloping
  7. outgallops
  8. outgamble
  9. outgambled
  10. outgambles
  11. outgambling

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