/ˈhəʊpæk/.gopakn.
/ˈɡəʊpak//ˈhəʊpæk/. A lively Ukrainian dance in 2/ 4 time.
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1929 G. Gould Democritus 80 They..see the same Ukrainians that the two men have previously seen in Moscow, dancing the gopak.
1943 K. Ambrose Ballet-lover's Pocket-bk. 21 Turns such as these are well suited to the virility of the Russian Gopak.
1958 Economist 25 Oct. 303/1 For some time ahead he [sc. Mr Gaitskell] could make Mr Bevan dance the gopak if he wanted to.
1959 Collins' Mus. Encycl. 324/1 Hopak, a Russian folk-dance in a lively 2–4 time, occasionally used by Russian composers.
1962 Observer 20 May 21/4 I was brought before her and told to dance a ‘gopak’ and a ‘lesginka’.
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