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
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.
Excited by the shouts of laughter and the cheers of the mob assembled around the windows, the actors in the infamous dance cried to the orchestra for a finale galop.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
We now begin to be heartily tired, and therefore may, I hope, be expected to travel au galop.
From Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
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 Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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