galop
Americannoun
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a lively round dance in duple time.
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a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
noun
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a 19th-century couple dance in quick duple time
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a piece of music composed for this dance
Etymology
Origin of galop
1830–40; < French galop; see gallop
Example Sentences
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Rossini's familiar warhorse – done without sentimentality and without scrambling the final galop – sounded fresh and new minted.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2013
He himself composed two stirring pieces of music--a Paula galop and a Selina quadrille--to enrich the entertainment.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
But some kind of a dance corresponding to the galop was always indulged in after Voltes and Contre-danses, as a relief from their grave and constrained measures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
My waltz is the Deux temps, for the simple reason that the Deux temps does also for the galop, that is, it does for my galop.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
Gossip, flavoured with scandal—else it would have been tasteless—was at full galop.
From Rachel Gray by Julia Kavanagh
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