gavotte
3
9.9
- noun
- /ɡəˈvɑt/
- Archaic
:
gavota
- If it had not been for the fact that the latter was gnashing his teeth with a rather unpleasant sound like an inexperienced Spanish dancer learning to play the castanets, one might have supposed that they were practicing the opening movements of some graceful, old-world gavotte.
- gavotte and minuet
- play gavotte
Examples
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We'll give out with a hot gavotte - lf Smith plays sweet - And James plays hot
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She is not beautiful in a conventional way, but she is certainly attractive and so sparkling that she could persuade a golem to dance a gavotte.
Fiction book (1992) -
But still I'd rather trot o Mr. Adams' new gavotte.
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-Gavotte.
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-Gavotte?
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♪ ♪ We know how to dance A gavotte and a jig
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♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ A secretary is not ♪ ♪ Is definitely not ♪ ♪ Employed to do a gavotte or you-know-what
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The score also includes popular instrumental waltzes by Rodgers: "Cinderella March" and "Gavotte."
Academic text (2002) -
♪ You walked into the party ♪ ♪ Like you were ♪ ♪ Walking onto a yacht ♪ ♪ Your hat strategically dipped ♪ ♪ Below one eye ♪ ♪ Your scarf, it was apricot ♪ ♪ You had one eye In the mirror ♪ ♪ As you watched yourself Gavotte ♪ ♪ And all the girls...
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The lively gavotte filled the dance floor as everyone joined in the steps.
How Fast
- Specialized
- Archaic
3
9.9
- Archaic
- Archaic
1
9.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gavotte comes from French and probably from the name gavot, which meant 'people from the mountains' in a south-east region of France; these people danced a quick folk step that became popular at court. That's why a gavotte today is a lively French dance or the music written for that dance.