galop

American  

[gal-uhp] / ˈgæl əp /

noun

1. a lively round dance in duple time.

2. a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

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galop British  

/ ˈɡæləp /

noun

1. a 19th-century couple dance in quick duple time

2. a piece of music composed for this dance

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Etymology

Origin of galop

1830–40; < French galop; gallop

Example Sentences

Rossini's familiar warhorse – done without sentimentality and without scrambling the final galop – sounded fresh and new minted.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2013

Anne, at this moment, played a galop, and again Robert Vavasour whirled past with his hostess.

From It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry

Adair soon recovered his spirits, and Jack laughed as he watched him whirling round and round in the valse, or prancing away in the galop with true Hibernian vehemence.

From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

The measure, or time, is 2–4; but, to facilitate our definition, we subdivide each measure, or bar, into one—two—three—four; the accent on the two, etc., to be played not so fast as the galop.

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John

In the present day the art is much simplified, and if you can walk through a quadrille, and perform a polka, waltz, or galop, you may often dance a whole evening through.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.