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gallop

/ˈɡæləp/ verb C2
  1. To run at a gallop. (intransitive) · The horse galloped past the finishing line.
  2. To ride at a galloping pace. (intransitive)
  3. To cause to gallop. (transitive) · to gallop a horse
  4. 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. To run very fast. (intransitive)
  6. To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. (figuratively, intransitive)
  7. To progress rapidly through the body. (intransitive)

He/she/it gallops · Past galloped · Past participle galloped · -ing form galloping

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Verb forms

Base form
gallop
He/she/it
gallops
Past
galloped
Past participle
galloped
-ing form
galloping

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Why does he gallop and gallop about?
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1
By at the gallop goes he.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1
By at the gallop he goes, and then
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1
By he comes back at the gallop again.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1

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