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gal·op

 (găl′əp) also gal·o·pade or gal·lo·pade (găl′ə-pād′, -päd′)
n.
1. A lively dance in duple time, popular in the 1800s.
2. The music for this dance.

[French, from Old French, gallop, from galoper, to gallop; see gallop.]
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galop

(ˈɡæləp)
n
1. (Dancing) a 19th-century couple dance in quick duple time
2. (Classical Music) a piece of music composed for this dance
Also called: gallopade
[C19: from French; see gallop]
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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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j'essayais justement de ne pas faire de la galopade. C'est tres joli de monter a cheval mais ce n'est pas tout, il faut tacher d'apporter quelque chose, une idee, enfin de la poesie si vous voulez.
Cette hypothese se confirme pleinement si nous considerons maintenant les suppressions d'episodes plus breves a l'interieur des autres sequences du film: la galopade de Charlot sur la vache (V), let fair que, au milieu de sa danse posterieure, il s'assied sur un cactus--ce qui rend sa danse desopilante--(V); l'apparition de la chevre affamee qui manage la partition (VI); enfin la longue scene de serpilliere (VIII).