Hopak

//ˈhoːpæk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time.

    "Somewhere an accordion was playing a jazz-inflected hopak."

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dancehustlejig

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"Somewhere an accordion was playing a jazz-inflected hopak."

Etymology

1925–30, from Ukrainian гопа́к (hopák), from the interjection гоп (hop). Compare Ukrainian го́пати (hópaty), го́пкати (hópkaty), гопцюва́ти (hopcjuváty), го́пки (hópky), and dated Ukrainian го́пи (hópy, “dance steps”), го́пка (hópka, “child (jocular)”).

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