a spectacular high-leaping Russian peasant dance for men
Word origin
from Russian, from Ukrainian hopak, from hop! a cry in the dance, from German hopp!
gopak in American English
(ˈɡoupæk)
noun
a folk dance of the Ukraine
Also called: hopak
Word origin
[1925–30; ‹ Ukrainian gopák, deriv. of gop interjection uttered during such dances ‹ Pol hop ‹ G hopp, hops, akin to hop1]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, hot spot, off-line, payload, reflex camera