foxtrot
/ˈfɒkstɹɒt/
foxtrot noun: a ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm. Also the alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Noun
foxtrot (plural foxtrots)
- 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.1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200
- A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
Verb
foxtrot (third-person singular simple present foxtrots, present participle foxtrotting, simple past and past participle foxtrotted)
- To dance the foxtrot.
Also used as
foxtrot is also the alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Forms of foxtrot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | foxtrots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | foxtrots |
| present participle | foxtrotting |
| past participle | foxtrotted |
| past | foxtrotted |
Origin of foxtrot
From fox + trot.
Words formed from foxtrot
Phrases with foxtrot
Questions about foxtrot
- What does foxtrot mean?
- Foxtrot means a ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
- What part of speech is foxtrot?
- Foxtrot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce foxtrot?
- Foxtrot is pronounced /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/.
- What is the plural of foxtrot?
- The plural of foxtrot is foxtrots.
Words near foxtrot in the dictionary
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