Definitions
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- noun A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time.
Etymologies
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1925–30, from Ukrainian гопак (hopák), from the interjection гоп (hop).
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Examples
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Ukraine is widely known for its lively cossack-style dancing ( "hopak") and elaborately batiked easter eggs ( "pysanky")
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Ukraine is widely known for its lively cossack-style dancing ( "hopak") and elaborately batiked easter eggs ( "pysanky")
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Locating a small clearing, he lay down heavily in the shade of a cluster of yellow-blooming hopak trees and began to groom himself.
A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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In Act 1 the widow Solokha's loneliness is enlivened by a flirtation with the Devil and they dance a hopak.
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In Act 2 they get into the mood with, yes, another hopak.
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