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 actually danced on the dusty road—a galop.
From Debts of Honor by Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill) Yolland
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
And considering that there was a circumference of 900 feet in which to galop and wheel, it gave its pursuers no small degree of trouble.
From The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril by Grant Balfour
Just then, too, the sounds of a lively galop were heard, and a general rush to the ball-room took place, harlequin only pausing to murmur in Tom’s ear: ‘I know you, my fine mask.’
From The Animal Story Book by Various
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