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gallopade

or ²µ²¹±ô·´Ç·±è²¹»å±ð

[ gal-uh-peyd ]

noun



gallopade

/ ˌɡæ±ôəˈ±è±ðɪ»å /

noun

  1. another word for galop
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gallopade1

1825–35; < French galopade, equivalent to galop ( er ) to gallop + -ade -ade 1
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Example Sentences

Gallopade, gal-up-Äd′, n. a quick kind of dance—then, the music appropriate to it: a sidewise gallop.—v.i. to move briskly: to perform a gallopade.

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The moment Willie was aboard the two horses whirled and charged down the winding road in a mad gallopade.

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A pair of "Texas Tommy" dancers were finishing a wild gallopade with a climax, in which the man hurled the woman aloft as if he were playing diabolo with her, caught her on his long sticks of arms, and spun her round his neck, then let her drop head first, rescuing her from a crash by the breadth of her hair, swinging her back between his legs and across his hip.

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But everybody was fascinated by the breathlessness of the gallopade, the escapes from disaster.

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Percy stopped his dance, which he had converted from a waltz into a most inspiring gallopade, the last importation, he declared, from Almack's; Miss Harcourt closed the piano; and Herbert paused in his conversation with his father.

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