galop

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galop

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From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.

noun galops

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.
The music for a dance of this kind.

verb galops · galoping · galopping · galoped · galopped

To dance the galop.

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@misc{galop_2026,
  title = {galop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}