gallop
/ˈɡæləp/ noun C1- The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
- An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
- An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
- A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop. · A gallop rhythm: \drums{\repeat unfold4{wbl8wbh16 16
Plural gallops
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Why does he gallop and gallop about?
By at the gallop goes he.
By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again.
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