A lively French 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.
The music for a dance of this kind.
To dance the galop.
gallop
gallop (gloss)
(l) (gloss)
(l) (q)
canter (gl)
fast run of a person
very rapid pace of changes
(l) (gl)