galop

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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.

OriginFrench galop →
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Meanings

noungalop (plural galops)

plural galops

  1. 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.
  2. The music for a dance of this kind.
verbgalop (third-person singular simple present galops, present participle galoping or galopping, simple past and past participle galoped or galopped)

present singular third person galops · participle present galoping · participle present galopping · participle past galoped · past galoped · participle past galopped · past galopped

  1. To dance the galop.

Origin

  1. Frenchgalop
  2. Englishgalop

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

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APA

galop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galop

MLA

“galop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “galop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galop.

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