Main Entry: ga·votte

Pronunciation: \gə-ˈvät\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan gavato, from gavot Alpine dweller

Date: 1696

1 : a dance of French peasant origin marked by the raising rather than sliding of the feet
2 : a tune for the gavotte in moderately quick ⁴⁄₄ time

— gavotte intransitive verb