hopak

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Definition of hopak in English English dictionary

A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time

Somewhere an accordion was playing a jazz-inflected hopak.

{i} gopak, Ukrainian folk dance

Hyphenation

ho·pak

Etymology

() 1925–30, from Ukrainian гопак (hopák), from the interjection гоп (hop). Compare Ukrainian гопати (hópaty), гопкати (hópkaty), гопцювати (hopcjuváty), гопки (hópky, “dance steps”), and dated Ukrainian гопи (hópy, “dance steps”), гопка (hópka, “child (jocular)”).