galop
verbEtymology From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
1
To dance the galop.
galop
nounEtymology From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
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.