to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed

They galloped off to meet their friends.

to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.

to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.

to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.

a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.

a run or ride at this gait.

a rapid rate of going.

a period of going rapidly.

verb

amble , canter , career , course , dart , dash , fly , hasten , hurdle , hurry , jump , leap , lope , pace , rack , run , rush , shoot , speed , spring , sprint , stride , tear along , trot , zoom , bolt , gait , jog , race , scoot , tantivy