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galop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
ga-lop
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

noun

The music for a dance of this kind.

verb

To dance the galop.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

galops (plural) galops (present, singular) galoping (participle, present) galopping (participle, present) galoped (participle, past) galoped (past) galopped (participle, past) galopped (past)

Questions

What does galop mean?
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.
Where does galop come from?
It is traced to French.

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