Galop
ahd-5
noun.
A lively dance in duple time, popular in the 1800s.
noun.
The music for this dance.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To dance the galop. See
galop
, n., 2.
An obsolete spelling of
gallop
.
noun.
An obsolete spelling of
gallop
.
noun.
[F.]
noun.
A lively round dance of German origin.
noun.
Music for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is duple and quick.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
lively
French
country dance
of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the
polka
, combining a
glissade
with a
chassé
on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
Word Usage
"The galop is another fashionable dance this winter."
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Philippic
battle-song
blowing-up
cannonading
caterwauling