galloping

American

[gal-uh-ping] / ˈgæl ə pɪŋ /

adjective

at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
progressing rapidly to some conclusion, as a disease.

galloping pneumonia.
growing or spreading rapidly.

galloping inflation.

galloping British

/ ˈɡæləpɪŋ /

adjective

(prenominal) progressing at or as if at a gallop

galloping consumption

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Other Word Forms

ungalloping adjective

Etymology

Origin of galloping

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

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of Venezuelan workers and pensioners marched Monday for an increase in "hunger" wages as well as pensions frozen for four years and eroded by galloping inflation.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

“This rhetoric helps keep the flames of the galloping bull market in precious metals firmly intact.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

But his athletic, endurance game came good, with a galloping break near the end earning the territory from which Slade went over.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

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 • Jul. 17, 2025

My heart was galloping in my chest, but it wasn’t nerves; it was excitement.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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