gallopade
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of dance, also known as the galop.
verb
To gallop, as on horseback.
Example Sentences
- "At the same instant the sounding gallopade of hoofs came from the tranquil roadway leading to the stables."
- "They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a vigorous gallopade, the favourite ditty of "The Spotted Cow"."
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.