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; see 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

A gendarme, urging his horse to a galop, arrived at full speed.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne

Mr. Pennock, who has danced the previous galop with her, sees the leader raising his baton, bethinks him of his next partner, and leaves her at the open window close to the dressing-room door.

From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by King, Charles

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.

"It would be dangerous to return"; and hurrying the Abbé into the carriage which awaited them, he bade the coachman speed them away "au grand galop!"

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various