foxtrot
verbEtymology From fox + trot.
1
To dance the foxtrot.
- Related terms
- turkey trot
foxtrot
noun/ˈfɒkstɹɒt/
Etymology From fox + trot.
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.1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200:
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.
International standards
- Derived terms
- foxtrot oscar, slowfox, whiskey tango foxtrot, whisky tango foxtrot