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FOX-TROT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fox-trot mean?
• FOX-TROT (noun)
The noun FOX-TROT has 1 sense:
1. a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
Familiarity information: FOX-TROT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fox-trot; foxtrot
Hypernyms ("fox-trot" is a kind of...):
ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)
Context examples
I remember being surprised by his graceful, conservative fox-trot—I had never seen him dance before.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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