galloping

Hooves pounding fast

Galloping describes the fastest gait of a horse, with all four hooves leaving the ground in each stride.

Extended to any rapid, bounding movement: The children came galloping down the stairs.

Figuratively, galloping means advancing at an alarming pace: galloping inflation, galloping consumption (an old term for rapidly progressing tuberculosis).

rhythm

hoofbeats

Equine footfall sounds

cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
beatRhythmic pulse or strike
tempoRate of musical performance

pounding · thundering · drumming · pulse · meter · gait · stride · pace · pattern · syncopation

equestrian

hooves

Ungulate foot coverings

maneNeck hair, horse/lion
stallionIntact male breeding horse
mareFemale adult equine

canter · trot · saddle · bridle · rider · jockey · steed · mount · foal · colt

unrestrained

unbridled

Without any restraint

wildNot domesticated or controlled
runawayOne who flees
untamedNot domesticated

unchecked · rampant · uncontrolled · headlong · careening · reckless · stampeding · bolting · spirited · free

speed

swift

Moving with speed

accelerationRate velocity changes
velocityDirected rate of motion
momentumProduct of mass, velocity

racing · rushing · hurtling · careening · barreling · tearing · bolting · charging · bounding · streaking

galloping

hoofbeats

hooves

unbridled

swift

galloping

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