galloping

American  

[gal-uh-ping] / ˈgæl ə pɪŋ /

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.

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galloping British  

/ ˈɡæləpɪŋ /

adjective

1. (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

In November, a new primary care doctor told Glannan her heart sounded like “a bunch of galloping horses,” Glannan recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

Mitchell's arrival off the bench cranked up the tempo and a sharp inside ball from Ford sent Coles galloping deep into Pumas territory.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

The exhilarating 15-minute one that opened Mr. Lloyd’s “Lift Every Voice,” from 2002, embroidered with John Abercrombie’s inventive electric-guitar lines, found Mr. Lloyd floating his melody atop a lightly galloping beat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

‘I do think I is remembering where they said they was going the night before last. They was galloping off to Sweden for the Sweden sour taste.’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl