Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb
to run; to dash; to race
ぱたぱたと足跡を立てて、エントランスへと駆けてゆく。With a pitter-patter of footsteps she runs off to the entrance. to gallop (on horseback); to canter
to advance (against one's enemy); to charge (on horseback)
Archaic
Also written 駈ける【かける】