canter
verb/ˈkæntə(r)/
/ˈkæntər/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they canter | /ˈkæntə(r)/ /ˈkæntər/ |
| he / she / it canters | /ˈkæntəz/ /ˈkæntərz/ |
| past simple cantered | /ˈkæntəd/ /ˈkæntərd/ |
| past participle cantered | /ˈkæntəd/ /ˈkæntərd/ |
| -ing form cantering | /ˈkæntərɪŋ/ /ˈkæntərɪŋ/ |
- (of a horse or rider) to move at a canter; to make a horse move at a canter
- We cantered along the beach.
- canter something She cantered her horse across the fields.
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- canter home/to victory/to a win (especially British English) (in sport) to win easily
- Australia cantered home by 10 wickets.
- The team cantered to an easy win over Carlisle United.
Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a verb): short for Canterbury pace or Canterbury gallop, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury, a city in Kent, SE England.
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