galloping

verbbolt, race with slight jumping motion

Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Middle French galoper (12c.), cognate of Old North French waloper, from Frankish *wala hlaupan "to run well" (see wallop). Related: Galloped; galloping.

Example Sentences for galloping

Diablo was cutting down the lead the other two held over him, galloping like a demon.

Pride held me there, for I heard the sound of galloping hoofs.

And the thunder of galloping hoofs was more menacing than that of the cannon.

What do you mean by galloping along the king's highway like that, eh?'

Here they found a man or two who had seen the galloping horse and its rider.

He made no reply, bestriding a chair and galloping round the table on it.

It was no longer a galloping charge, but a slow and invincible strangulation.

Sometimes it seemed to go with feet of lead, sometimes with galloping footsteps.

The galloping feet of his horse were heard faint in the distance.

Galloping up to the front himself, he asked: "Why do you summon me?"

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