galloping

[ gal-uh-ping ]

/ ˈgæl ə pɪŋ /

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adjective

at a gallop; running or moving quickly.

progressing rapidly to some conclusion, as a disease: galloping pneumonia.

growing or spreading rapidly: galloping inflation.

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to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly

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Origin of galloping

First recorded in 1595–1605; gallop + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM galloping

un·gal·lop·ing, adjective

Words nearby galloping

galloon, galloot, gallop, gallop rhythm, gallopade, galloping, galloping dominoes, gallotannic acid, gallous, gallovidian, galloway

Definition for galloping (2 of 2)

gallop

[ gal-uhp ]

/ ˈgæl əp /

verb (used without object)

to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.

to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.

to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.

verb (used with object)

to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.

noun

a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.

a run or ride at this gait.

a rapid rate of going.

a period of going rapidly.

Origin of gallop

1375–1425; late Middle English galopen (v.) < Old French galoper < Frankish *wala hlaupan to run well (see well¹, leap) or, alternatively, verbal derivative of *walhlaup, equivalent to *wal battlefield (cognate with Old High German wal; see Valkyrie) + *hlaup run, course (derivative of the v.)

SYNONYMS FOR gallop

3 run, rush, dash, speed, fly, scoot.

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OTHER WORDS FROM gallop

gal·lop·er, nounout·gal·lop, verb (used with object)

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Example sentences from the Web for galloping

Perhaps the most powerful driver of this galloping group-think?
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Riders from Russia's Kremlin Riding School formed a human pyramid on galloping mounts in a daredevil show of horseback acrobatics.
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It seemed to Polly that the days fairly crept by, instead of galloping past as they had been wont to do in the last three years.
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It was after midnight when the galloping stallion brought us into the town of Rovaniemi.
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One had scarlet fever, and the other was a young starving clerk in a galloping consumption, thirty-six hours from his home.
The Luck of Thirteen|Jan Gordon
The galloping pulse slowed—and leaped again—and fluttered, and fell at last to even beats.
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She heard their galloping hoofs closer and closer behind her.
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British Dictionary definitions for galloping (1 of 2)

galloping

/ (ˈɡæləpɪŋ) /

adjective

(prenominal) progressing at or as if at a gallopgalloping consumption

British Dictionary definitions for galloping (2 of 2)

gallop

/ (ˈɡæləp) /

verb -lops, -loping or -loped

(intr) (of a horse or other quadruped) to run fast with a two-beat stride in which all four legs are off the ground at once

to ride (a horse, etc) at a gallop

(intr) to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry

noun

the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds

an instance of galloping

Derived forms of gallop

galloper, noun

Word Origin for gallop

C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin

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Medical definitions for galloping

gallop

[ găl′əp ]

n.

A triple cadence to the heart sounds at rates of 100 beats per minute or more due to an abnormal third or fourth heart sound being heard in addition to the first and second sounds.gallop rhythm

galloping

adjective

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verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

noun

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adjective

British Dictionary definitions for galloping (2 of 2)

verb -lops, -loping or -loped

noun

Derived forms of gallop

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n.