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foxtrot

noun
/ˈfɒkstɹɒt/

Etymology

From fox + trot.

  1. derived from *dreh₂-✻ — “to run, escape”
  2. derived from *trudōną✻
  3. derived from *trottōn✻
  4. derived from *trottō, *trotō✻ — “to go”
  5. derived from trotter
  6. inherited from trotten
  7. compounded as foxtrot — “fox + trot”

Definitions

  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. A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To dance the foxtrot.

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