canter

Plural: canters

Noun

• a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
• A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
• A ride on a horse at such speed.
• One who cants or whines; a beggar.
• One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Verb

Verb Forms: cantered, cantering, canters

• To ride or move a horse at a smooth, moderate gallop.
• ride at a canter
  • "The men cantered away"
• go at a canter, of horses
• ride at a cantering pace
  • "He cantered the horse across the meadow"
• To move at such pace.
• To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Examples

• She tried to CANTER through her turns, but her opponent kept finding bingos.

Synonyms

lope

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