Word Finder - galloping

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(of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.

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The horse galloped past the finishing line.

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To ride at a galloping pace.

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To cause to gallop.

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to gallop a horse

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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.

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To run very fast.

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To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.

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(of an infection, especially pneumonia) To progress rapidly through the body.

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Movement at a gallop.

A handful of men came galloping toward him.

The Horse Guards were galloping, but still holding in their horses.

Nearly all the French dragoons were galloping back.

Galloping to the head of the team, she reached out to grab the halter on the lead horse.

Then the clang of hoofs, as of several horses galloping, resounded on the planks of the bridge, and the squadron, officers in front and men four abreast, spread across the bridge and began to emerge on his side of it.

He was galloping round by the bushes while the field was coming up on both sides, all trying to head the wolf, but it vanished into the wood before they could do so.

But, coming toward him, he saw hounds and a huntsman galloping almost straight at the wolf.

But when he saw that the horsemen did not dismount and that the wolf shook herself and ran for safety, Daniel set his chestnut galloping, not at the wolf but straight toward the wood, just as Karay had run to cut the animal off.

He saw the whips in their red caps galloping along the edge of the ravine, he even saw the hounds, and was expecting a fox to show itself at any moment on the ryefield opposite.

I'm galloping to the commander of the corps.

In the midst of this conversation, which was beginning to interest Napoleon, Berthier's eyes turned to look at a general with a suite, who was galloping toward the knoll on a lathering horse.

What is it? he asked, but his comrade was already galloping off past Vasili the Beatified in the direction from which the screams came.

The sight of Alex on Ed, galloping toward her was as much a relief as it was a surprise.

Galloping is a pace not to be generally indulged in by road or park riders; when it is, the hands should be kept low, the body thrown back, and an extra grip taken with the knees, as nearly all horses pull more or less when extended.

Having descended the hill the general after whom Pierre was galloping turned sharply to the left, and Pierre, losing sight of him, galloped in among some ranks of infantry marching ahead of him.

Another group of sketches shows the horse galloping or rearing in violent action, in some instances in the act of trampling a fallen enemy.

Partnered by work rider Mick Denaro, the three-year-old colt worked with a galloping companion and pleased trainer Jeremy Noseda.

Two mounted Frenchmen, probably adjutants, were galloping up the hill.

All their rushing and galloping at one another did little harm, the harm of disablement and death was caused by the balls and bullets that flew over the fields on which these men were floundering about.

In an instant the tramp of horses galloping forward was heard, shouts came from various sides, and then more shots.

Cossacks were galloping along the road in front of him.

Petya was galloping along the courtyard, but instead of holding the reins he waved both his arms about rapidly and strangely, slipping farther and farther to one side in his saddle.

The withers may be moderately high and thin; the chest well developed, but not too wide or deep; the shoulder should lie well on the chest, and be oblique and well covered with muscle, so as to reduce concussion in galloping; the upper and lower arms should be long and muscular; the knees broad and strong; legs short, flat and broad; fetlock joints large; pasterns strong and of moderate length; the feet should be moderately large, with the heels open and frogs sound - with no signs of contraction.

You can read all about gyroscopes and the physics behind them in this issue's feature article, galloping gyroscopes.

It justifies these demands by persuading them that they are suffering from unmanageable debt and galloping inflation.

Guy from galloping action that would escaped scrutiny worded dramatization please.

Lynda seemed to have the right touch but Paul seemed to provoke loud snorts and galloping off.

Faster still the two troykas flew side by side, and faster moved the feet of the galloping side horses.

At the moment when Rostov and Ilyin were galloping along the road, Princess Mary, despite the dissuasions of Alpatych, her nurse, and the maids, had given orders to harness and intended to start, but when the cavalrymen were espied they were taken for Frenchmen, the coachman ran away, and the women in the house began to wail.

When Scherbinin came galloping from the left flank with news that the French had captured the fleches and the village of Semenovsk, Kutuzov, guessing by the sounds of the battle and by Scherbinin's looks that the news was bad, rose as if to stretch his legs and, taking Scherbinin's arm, led him aside.

What pedestrian could cope with 45 horses tethered together, galloping at full speed past a frequented crossroads?

He was slightly flushed after galloping two miles, and reining in his horse he sighed restfully and looked round at the faces of his suite, young and animated as his own.

He ran away from her and she came galloping after him.

The similar "galloping" sound of the riff is enough for some people to invite comparisons between the two.

Creators Rick Berman and Michael Piller didn't want to have two Star Trek series galloping about the galaxy in different starships.

Time was galloping by and now she was further from her goal than ever.

Reviewing his impressions of the recent battle, picturing pleasantly to himself the impression his news of a victory would create, or recalling the send-off given him by the commander-in-chief and his fellow officers, Prince Andrew was galloping along in a post chaise enjoying the feelings of a man who has at length begun to attain a long-desired happiness.

After him the stout Nesvitski came galloping up on a Cossack horse that could scarcely carry his weight.

On galloping after the princes he found the crowd once more pressing on the escort and threatening an attack; and fearing that he would be unable to bring his prisoners into Delhi he shot them with his own hand.