GALLOPS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

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 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

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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

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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
Against Senegal, Odegaard casually jogs off the pitch at the near post to drag a player away from the box as Julian Ryerson delivers the corner.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of jogs

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Sebold’s was the third such attack in Thornden Park, which runs alongside the campus, in about seven months.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
The center runs workshops on how to build air purifiers, how to measure heat and temperature in homes, and teaches solutions for treating those problems.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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