Gallop vs Meander - What's the difference?
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The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
(Intransitive. Of a horse, etc) To run at a gallop.
To ride at a galloping pace.
* John Donne
To cause to gallop.
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.
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(figurative) To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.
* John Locke
A winding, crooked, or involved course.
* Sir R. Blackmore
A tortuous or intricate movement.
Fretwork.
(math) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.
To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
Gallop is a related term of meander.
As nouns the difference between gallop and meander
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 meander is a winding, crooked, or involved course.As verbs the difference between gallop and meander
is that gallop is (intransitive of a horse, etc) to run at a gallop while meander is to wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.gallop
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The horse galloped past the finishing line.
- Gallop lively down the western hill.
- to gallop a horse
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- Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.
meander
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia meander) (en noun)- the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
- While lingering rivers in meanders glide.
Derived terms
* meander belt * meanderer * meandering * meanderian * meanderic * meanderiform * meanderine * meander line * meander loop * meandrous * meandryVerb
(en verb)- The stream meandered through the valley.
- (Dryton)