gavotte
gavotte noun: a French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
Noun
gavotte (plural gavottes)
Verb
gavotte (third-person singular simple present gavottes, present participle gavotting, simple past and past participle gavotted)
- To perform this dance.
- You had one eye in the mirror as / you watched yourself gavotte / And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner / They'd be your partner, and / You're so vain1972, Carly Simon, “You're so Vain” (0:36 from the start) (audio recording), performed by Carly Simon, Rhino/Elektra, published 2017
- "Upbeat I can do." Karen paged through the options for a while, her pretty face tight, jaw clamped shut, then perked up at something she saw and jabbed the buttons like she wanted to speak to their manager. A bright, jangly guitar burst out of the wall speakers. George Harrison's voice announced...2023 August 2, HarryBlank, “Act Your Age”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2024
Forms of gavotte
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gavottes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gavottes |
| present participle | gavotting |
| past participle | gavotted |
| past | gavotted |
Origin of gavotte
From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”, literally “glutton, boor”), from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.
Words that rhyme with gavotte
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- blot
- rot
- apricot
- ribat
- bot
- got
- not
- red-hot
- snot
- stot
- tot
- calotte
- jot
- a lot
- allot
- clot
- cot
- fembot
- frot
- mot
- quat
- swot
- white-hot
- begot
- cannot
- forgot
- garrote
- grot
- marotte
- not so hot
- nott
- Nouakchott
- overshot
- piping hot
- scot
- scrot
- sot
- subplot
- swat
- thot
- wot
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
Questions about gavotte
- What does gavotte mean?
- Gavotte means a French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
- What part of speech is gavotte?
- Gavotte can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of gavotte?
- The plural of gavotte is gavottes.
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