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Definition of "galop" [gal•op]

  • A lively dance in duple time, popular in the 19th century. (noun)
  • The music for this dance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "galop" in a sentence
  • "The galop is another fashionable dance this winter."
  • "My waltz is the _Deux temps_, for the simple reason that the _Deux temps_ does also for the galop, that is, it does for my galop."
  • "The 10 accomplished children of the Royal Danish Ballet school on tour in New York got only a brief chance to perform in the final "galop" of "Napoli—Act III.""