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galop
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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.
Other meanings
2. noun
The music for a dance of this kind.
3. verb
To dance the galop.
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