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galopade

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gal⋅lo⋅pade

  [gal-uh-peyd]
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–noun
galop.
Also, galopade.

Origin:
1825–35; < F galopade, equiv. to galop(er) to gallop + -ade -ade 1

gal⋅op

  [gal-uhp]
–noun
1. a lively round dance in duple time.
2. a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
Also called gallopade, gal⋅o⋅pade.

Origin:
1830–40; < F galop; see gallop
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gal·op   (gāl'əp)   
n.  

  1. A lively dance in duple time, popular in the 19th century.

  2. The music for this dance.


[French, from Old French, gallop, from galoper, to gallop; see gallop.]
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