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gallops

verb

present tense third-person singular of gallop
as in trots
to go at a pace faster than a walk dawdles to school but gallops coming home

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Recent Examples of gallops The stallion gallops onto the field every time the team scores a touchdown, adding to the reverberating noise of fans hooting and hollering in the stands. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 That's just the first of several twists in the thriller Fuze, which gallops along at a mile a minute. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 Confirm what happens next before everyone gallops off in different directions. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026 Ghiggia gallops in from the right and squeezes a finish in at the near post to win the cup for Uruguay in the Maracana. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026 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 But the cast gallops right past the clichés. — Stephen Farber, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallops
  1. trots
  2. jogs
  3. runs
Verb
  • And they custom-fit Shawkat’s mellower Molly, who trots behind in Frankie’s wake of destruction.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • When a review begins, the referee jogs straight to a pitchside monitor.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of jogs
Verb
  • One of the novel’s sharpest scenes comes when Ellen calls and Ruby, hearing urgency in her voice, runs automatically through the house to find better signal.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Southeast Asia's wet season generally runs from June to October, when rains usually replenish reservoirs, cool overheated cities and supply water for irrigation ahead of the next planting season.
    — EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of runs

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“Gallops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallops. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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