gallopade

or gal·o·pade

[ gal-uh-peyd ]

noun

1. galop.

gallopade

/ ˌɡæləˈpeɪd /

noun

1. See galop
   another word for galop

Word History and Origins

Origin of gallopade¹

1825–35; < French galopade, equivalent to galop ( er ) to gallop + -ade -ade ¹

Example Sentences

The moment Willie was aboard the two horses whirled and charged down the winding road in a mad gallopade.

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Nor would it become you any better if you were to be dancing a gallopade, or clambering up trees in fits of love enthusiasm.

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Presently doors were flung open, and there was an awful rushing downstairs, a gallopade.

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De Marmont had vainly tried in this wild gallopade to distinguish his rival's face among this mass of foreigners.

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Matters are growing worse and worse, and in another week we shall positively not have enough to get up a tolerable gallopade.

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