Definition of "tantivy" []

• At full gallop; at top speed. (adverb)
• A hunting cry. (noun)
• A fast, furious gallop; top speed. (noun)

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• "These martial strains seemed as far away as Palestine, and reminded me of a march of crusaders in the horizon, with a slight tantivy and tremulous motion of the elm tree tops which overhang the village."
• "He says that an ambitious tantivy, [2] missing of his towering hopes of preferment in"
• "He was of a nature to ride tantivy into anything that promised excitement or adventure."