gallop
- n a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
- v ride at a galloping pace
He was galloping down the road - v go at galloping speed
The horse was galloping along - v cause to move at full gallop
Did you gallop the horse just now?
gallop rhythm
- n cardiac rhythm characterized by the presence of an extra sound; can indicate a heart abnormality
galloway
- n a district in southwestern Scotland
- n breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland
gallows
- n an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
gallus
- n elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- n common domestic birds and related forms
gallus gallus
- n a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
- n a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl