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Gallop vs Lunge - What's the difference?

gallop | lunge | Related terms |

Gallop is a related term of lunge.


As nouns the difference between gallop and lunge

is that gallop is the fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously while lunge is blister, bulge.

As a verb gallop

is (intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop.

gallop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
  • The horse galloped past the finishing line.
  • To ride at a galloping pace.
  • * John Donne
  • Gallop lively down the western hill.
  • To cause to gallop.
  • to gallop a horse
  • 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.
  • To run very fast.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=In the 11th minute the German won possession in midfield and teed up the galloping Kieran Gibbs, whose angled shot was pushed by Kelvin Davies straight into the retreating Jos Hooiveld.}}
  • (figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
  • * John Locke
  • Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.

    lunge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * longe (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Kevin Darlin , title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.}}
  • A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while lungeing.
  • An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning back to a standing position.
  • A fish, the namaycush.
  • Derived terms

    * lunge whip

    Verb

  • To make a sudden forward movement (present participle: (lunging)).
  • To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: (lunging) or (lungeing)).
  • Noun

  • a lung
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