- present participle of gallop.
galloping
Americanadjective
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at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
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progressing rapidly to some conclusion, as a disease.
galloping pneumonia.
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growing or spreading rapidly.
galloping inflation.
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The mismatch—the strictures of the business world and a galloping imagination—launched Kafka and his innumerable artistic progeny, which continue all the way to today’s deadpan sitcoms detailing strange doings at the office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
First came the whippet who lives down the hall, galloping outside my apartment and then, as he often does, failing to account for the slickness of the linoleum.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
To be sure, it is possible that earnings could continue galloping higher for the next few years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Still, I wrote, “the prospect of galloping, 1970s-style inflation remains low.”
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
He was allowed to go galloping off to any place in England on any night of the year to blow his splendid phizzwizards in through the windows to sleeping children.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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