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Foxtrot

//ˈfɒkstɹɒt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.

    "The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco."

  2. 2
    a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences wordnet
  3. 3
    A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of
Verb
  1. 1
    To dance the foxtrot.
  2. 2
    dance the foxtrot wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fox + trot.

Etymology 2

From fox + trot.

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