galop

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Definition of galop

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
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noun

  1. A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
  2. The music for a dance of this kind.

verb

  1. To dance the galop.

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Etymology

From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.

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