Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pace, as of a horse, consisting of a series of short steps, usually adopted in breaking from a walk into a trot, or in slackening from a trot to a walk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a ballroom dance for couples in quadruple time, combining short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences.
- intransitive verb To dance the foxtrot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dance the foxtrot
- noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
- noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
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Examples
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The most influential of the new dances, which scholars cite as the sources of both swing dance and the gyrations at early rock-and-roll dances, were the turkey trot, the fox-trot, the Charleston, and the Texas Tommy.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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(Meanwhile, Mike "the Situation" lives on at Dancing With the Stars and even got the encore spot on the results show, giving me another chance to fast-forward through his freaky and Frankenstein-ian futuristic fox-trot.)
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An old-fashioned band played music from decades past, and young couples did the fox-trot or the waltz or other dances that had long gone out of style.
A Short Visit Carla Sarett 2011
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An old-fashioned band played music from decades past, and young couples did the fox-trot or the waltz or other dances that had long gone out of style.
A Short Visit Carla Sarett 2011
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After a very quick fox-trot that left her breathless and laughing, Jake went to get them both a root beer.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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After a very quick fox-trot that left her breathless and laughing, Jake went to get them both a root beer.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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After a very quick fox-trot that left her breathless and laughing, Jake went to get them both a root beer.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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And when it comes to the Lindy or the fox-trot ...
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We did the fox-trot to “This Will Be An Everlasting Love,” and we scored twenty-one points out of thirty overall.
Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010
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We did the fox-trot to “This Will Be An Everlasting Love,” and we scored twenty-one points out of thirty overall.
Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010
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