slowfox
nounEtymology From slow + foxtrot.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A slow foxtrot.
- During the 1920s it developed into two distinct styles, a slow dance in the English style (later called simply the ‘foxtrot’ in English-speaking countries and France and the ‘slowfox’ in German-speaking countries) and the ‘quickstep’ (in German-speaking countries called the ‘foxtrott’).1980, Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900. Dictionary of music and musicians; Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians:
- When the music changed to a slowfox, she threw me a strange glance, then went cheek to cheek, whispering into the guy’s ear.1988, Viebahn, Fred, 1947-, The Stain:
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- Suddenly the tempo changes to that of a "Slowfox," as the score says — that is, the current dance rage, the fox-trot — and a light-textured central passage begins to swing more and more intensely, finally breaking out again in the fast opening material that brings the concerto to its invigorating close.1995, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra concert programs, 1994-1995, Subscription, Volume 02, Season 114:
- I asked him if he would teach me how to dance a slowfox.2017, Grøndahl, Jens Christian, 1959- author, Often I am happy : a novel: