gallopade

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gal·lo·pade

 (găl′ə-pād′, -päd′)
n.
Variant of galop.
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gallopade

(ˌɡæləˈpeɪd) or

galopade

n
(Dancing) another word for galop
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gal•op

(ˈgæl əp, gæˈloʊ)

n.
1. a lively round dance in duple time.
2. music suitable for a galop.
[1830–40; < French galop; see gallop]
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They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a vigorous gallopade, the favourite ditty of "The Spotted Cow"--
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