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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



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Other Words From

  • un·gallop·ing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of galloping1

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

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Example Sentences

Descriptions of armed soldiers and strange beasts galloping across the skies were not uncommon.

And in response, conservatives have been saying that doing so will produce galloping inflation and destroy our economy.

The Pony Express stopped galloping in the mid-1800s, and the train system was booming.

“Sometimes Fazlullah appeared galloping in on a black horse,” Malala writes.

“Black Skinhead” contains a galloping beat layered with heavy breathing, tribal drums, CAW!

And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

Presently there was a clattering of hoofs behind him, and Ribsy came galloping along the road, with nothing on him but his collar.

We nearly played our horses out galloping around looking for you—after we'd gone a mile or so, and you didn't catch up.

Jumping up, he presented at the giraffe, which was galloping off about two hundred yards ahead.

Galloping back by himself, he attempted to save the piece, but the enemy's horse swept down and captured him.

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