Definition for Gallop:

• A quick dance; the appropriate music.

Synonyms for Gallop:

• n.

  •
  • break in,
  • groom.
  •
  • be quick on your feet,
  • surge.
  •
  • tempo,
  • momentum.
  •extend (noun)
  • extend.
  •speed (noun)
  • rapidity,
  • velocity,
  • quickness,
  • hurry,
  • rush,
  • swiftness,
  • impetus,
  • celerity,
  • alacrity.

• v.

  •course (verb)
  • scurry,
  • gush,
  • stream,
  • tumble,
  • scamper,
  • hunt,
  • scoot,
  • pursue,
  • chase,
  • follow.
  •dart (verb)
  • scud,
  • cast,
  • bound,
  • heave,
  • launch,
  • fling,
  • pitch,
  • spurt,
  • plunge,
  • thrust,
  • float,
  • start.
  •dash (verb)
  • bolt,
  • boil,
  • lash.
  •hasten (verb)
  • make haste,
  • step up,
  • make tracks,
  • step on it,
  • cover ground,
  • hie,
  • urge,
  • whip around,
  • push,
  • goad,
  • quicken,
  • express,
  • get the lead out,
  • scuttle,
  • burn,
  • shake a leg,
  • advance,
  • expedite,
  • not lose a minute,
  • accelerate,
  • dispatch,
  • waste no time,
  • take wing,
  • flee,
  • get cracking,
  • bustle,
  • press.
  •hotfoot (verb)
  • burn rubber,
  • go like a bat out of hell,
  • hightail it,
  • boogie,
  • tear*.
  •pace (verb)
  • troop,
  • traipse,
  • hoof,
  • ambulate,
  • pound*.
  •race (verb)
  • out-strips,
  • plunging ahead,
  • out-stripping,
  • out-strip,
  • plunged ahead,
  • plunges ahead,
  • out-stripped,
  • out strips,
  • out strip.
  •run (verb)
  • sprint,
  • lope,
  • canter,
  • trot,
  • scramble,
  • jog.
  •shoot (verb)
  • re-ached,
  • re aching,
  • skirrs,
  • re ached,
  • skirred,
  • re-aching,
  • skirring.
  •tramp (verb)
  • stodging,
  • footslogs,
  • stodged,
  • footslogged,
  • walking over,
  • walked over,
  • walks over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sidesaddle,
  • horsewoman,
  • horseback riding,
  • Whoa,
  • horsemanship,
  • horse-riding,
  • mounted,
  • saddle up,
  • bridle,
  • remount,
  • horseman,
  • shoe,
  • hasten,
  • riding,
  • equestrian,
  • stable girl,
  • bareback,
  • stable boy,
  • careen,
  • dismount,
  • flit,
  • saddle,
  • joust.
  •
  • unseat,
  • slew,
  • lather,
  • saddle sore,
  • whiz,
  • hustle,
  • barrel,
  • barge,
  • outpace,
  • zap,
  • outstrip,
  • whisk,
  • horsey,
  • career,
  • precipitate,
  • cut through,
  • zoom.
  •
  • skittish,
  • zip,
  • rider,
  • flick,
  • spill,
  • swoop,
  • hot dog,
  • drift,
  • burst.
  •
  • stable,
  • hop,
  • streak,
  • travel,
  • slide,
  • hurl,
  • spur,
  • skim,
  • bomb,
  • bounce.
  •
  • skip,
  • leap,
  • steam.
  •
  • school,
  • bundle,
  • belt,
  • explode,
  • hand,
  • dive,
  • kick,
  • sweep,
  • rocket,
  • whistle,
  • duck,
  • whip.
  •
  • seat,
  • mount.
  •
  • flash,
  • buzz,
  • wing,
  • book,
  • jump,
  • fly,
  • power.
  •
  • throw.
  •
  • charge.
  •
  • pop.
  •
  • move.
  •excursion
  • jaunt.
  •hasten
  • shaking a leg,
  • made haste,
  • step it.
  •hotfoot
  • Barreling,
  • barrelled,
  • hightails it,
  • barreled,
  • boogies,
  • Barrelling,
  • boogied.
  •run
  • shagging,
  • make a break,
  • shag,
  • went like lightning,
  • taking flight,
  • take flight,
  • leg it,
  • hightail,
  • cut and run,
  • tear out,
  • go like lightning,
  • shags,
  • smoking,
  • running,
  • dog it,
  • shagged,
  • took flight.
  •speed
  • gear up,
  • lose no time,
  • went fast,
  • go all out,
  • open up throttle,
  • get a move on,
  • go like the wind,
  • pressing on,
  • cut along,
  • gather momentum,
  • geared up,
  • get under way,
  • going all out,
  • got a move on,
  • goes out,
  • go fast,
  • go out,
  • open throttle,
  • got moving,
  • getting under way,
  • press on,
  • get moving.

Paraphrases for Gallop:

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    gallup.

Antonyms for Gallop:

• v.

  • bolt, race with slight jumping motion
    stay, slow, halt, face, walk.
  • Other antonyms:
    shamble, saunter, limp, creep, lumber, drag, tarry, poke, plod, amble, trudge, stroll, shuffle, lag, hobble.

Gallop Sentence Examples:

• They rode cautiously until they were quite out of the ravine, and then started down the valley at a gallop.

• For, being then about to raise the left foot, he will thus start with that foot; and just at the moment that the rider turns him to the left, he will make the first spring in his gallop; for a horse, when he is turned to the right, naturally leads off with the right foot, and when turned to the left, with the left foot.

Homophones for Gallop:

• gallup.

Hyponym for Gallop:

• n.

  • act
    gait.

• v.

  • motion
    ride horseback, sit, ride, pace.