canters

verb

present tense third-person singular of canter
as in gallops

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canters
  1. gallops
  2. leaps
  3. springs
  4. skips
  5. bounds
  6. trots
  7. sprints
  8. jogs
Verb
  • Body camera footage shows the officer repeatedly shouting at a woman to stop running as his horse, Kelly, gallops down the road.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Spruce tips and wild garlic sit in jars on the shelves, a unicorn gallops across a tapestry on one wall, and there’s a woodburning stove to gather around.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of gallops
Verb
  • Following the officer’s voice, the cat leaps up to a higher ledge, then up again to the railing near the roadway.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Normally invisible to us, the corona suddenly leaps into view the moment the moon blocks the sun’s brilliant face.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Definition of leaps
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  • The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Definition of springs
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  • Jeff Johnson, a pastor and podcaster, shared the budget-friendly order in a social media video, saying his family skips individual meals and orders a 30-count nugget tray and a few buttered buns instead.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • With time skips and eerie supernatural occurrences, this show continues to be a fan favorite for a reason.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 4 July 2026
Definition of skips
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  • Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
  • Oprah Winfrey bounds into view in a white dress.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of bounds
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  • After Nessa's crushing death, Glinda (Ariana Grande) hands off her jeweled footwear to Dorothy (Bethany Weaver), who trots down the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) in the Emerald City.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of trots
Verb
  • The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • As the world sprints toward a greener grid, the demand for stationary storage is skyrocketing.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
Definition of sprints
Verb
  • Orchard Street, which jogs awkwardly around the one-time dump at Gowen Road, in particular needs to change, according to both Ada County Highway District and Boise city reports.
    — Mark Dee July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
  • And then jogs all the way back.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of jogs
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