gallop vs jockey

gallop

verb
  • To ride at a galloping pace. 

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

  • 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. 

jockey

verb
  • To jostle by riding against. 

  • To cheat or trick. 

  • To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage. 

  • To ride (a horse) in a race. 

noun
  • A rapist. 

  • One who rides racehorses competitively. 

  • An operator of some machinery or apparatus. 

  • A prostitute's client. 

  • That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire 

  • The selling of an unsound horse for a sound price is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey 

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