Definitions for galloping

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galloping gal·lop·ing

Spelling: [gal-uh-ping]

IPA: /ˈgæl ə pɪŋ/

Galloping is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in galloping (aggillnop).

Definitions for galloping

noun

1. a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.
2. a run or ride at this gait.
3. a rapid rate of going.
4. a period of going rapidly.

adjective

1. at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
2. progressing rapidly to some conclusion, as a disease:
3. growing or spreading rapidly:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause (a horse or other animal) to gallop.

verb (used without object)

1. to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed:
2. to run rapidly by leaps, as a horse; go at a gallop.
3. to go fast, race, or hurry, as a person or time.

Origin of galloping

First recorded in 1595-1605; gallop + -ing²

Examples for galloping

Pride held me there, for I heard the sound of galloping hoofs.

And the thunder of galloping hoofs was more menacing than that of the cannon.

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

He made no reply, bestriding a chair and galloping round the table on it.

Here they found a man or two who had seen the galloping horse and its rider.

Perhaps the most powerful driver of this galloping group-think?

It was no longer a galloping charge, but a slow and invincible strangulation.

What do you mean by galloping along the king's highway like that, eh?'

Riders from Russia's Kremlin Riding School formed a human pyramid on galloping mounts in a daredevil show of horseback acrobatics.

Diablo was cutting down the lead the other two held over him, galloping like a demon.