Definition of "galloping" []

• Of or resembling a gallop, especially in rhythm or rapidity. (adjective)
• Developing or progressing at an accelerated rate: galloping technology. (adjective)
• Medicine Of or relating to a disease that progresses rapidly toward a fatal conclusion: galloping consumption. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He was 53 years old from what they called galloping pneumonia."
• "Just then 15 people came galloping from the front room and out the door."
• "The animals were all at work weeding turnips under the supervision of a pig, when they were astonished to see Benjamin come galloping from the direction of the farm buildings, braying at the top of his voice."