galloping

[gal-uh-ping]

adjective

1. at a gallop; running or moving quickly.

2. progressing rapidly to some conclusion, as a disease.

   galloping pneumonia.

3. growing or spreading rapidly.

   galloping inflation.

galloping

/ ˈɡæləpɪŋ /

adjective

1. (prenominal) progressing at or as if at a gallop

   galloping consumption

Other Word Forms

• ungalloping adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of galloping¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; gallop + -ing ²

Example Sentences

She is a supremely balanced runner with a galloping stride, a silken swerve and the daring to put them to use on the biggest stage.

From BBC

Her earliest hits — a dreamy arrangement of the old standard “Who’s Sorry Now?,” the cheerfully silly “Stupid Cupid” and the galloping “Lipstick on Your Collar” — fit neatly into the emerging genre’s lighter side.

From Los Angeles Times

Imagine if those ICE officers were instead marching and galloping through the Texas Hill Country, trying to aid and assist the families who lost loved ones at a summer camp because of a natural disaster.

From Salon

However, this would leave us in a fiscal situation similar to that of many developing nations, with galloping inflation and untrustworthy currency.

From Los Angeles Times

The galloping ghouls in their low-budget 2002 thriller “28 Days Later” reinvigorated the genre.

From Los Angeles Times