gallop vs grease

gallop

verb
  • To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. 

  • To ride at a galloping pace. 

  • 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. 

  • To progress rapidly through the body. 

  • To run at a gallop. 

  • To cause to gallop. 

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

  • An act or instance of going or running rapidly. 

  • An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop. 

grease

verb
  • To cause to go easily; to facilitate. 

  • To kill, murder. 

  • To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. 

  • To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. 

  • To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate. 

  • To bribe. 

noun
  • Any oily or fatty matter. 

  • Shorn but not yet cleansed wool. 

  • bribe money. 

  • Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis. 

  • Animal fat in a melted or soft state. 

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