galopping

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A form of galop — 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.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of galop
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