fox-trot
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fox′ trot`
n.
1. a ballroom dance in duple meter characterized by various combinations of slow and quick steps.
2. a pace, as of a horse, consisting of a series of short steps.
[1870–75, Amer.]
fox′-trot`
v.i. -trot•ted, -trot•ting.
to dance a fox trot.
[1915–20]
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fox-trot
A twentieth-century American ballroom dance that consists of easy walking steps to syncopated rhythms.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom |
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