- 1[singular] the fastest speed at which a horse can run, with a stage in which all four feet are off the ground together He rode off at a gallop. My horse suddenly broke into a gallop.
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- 2[countable] a ride on a horse at its fastest speed to go for a gallop
- 3[singular] an unusually fast speed She always lives life at a gallop.
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