galop

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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.

Verb

To dance the galop.

Vertalings

Galopp

Gallop

galop

galop dansı

süratli bir dans

Etimologie (Engels)

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