foxtrot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/
Etymology
From fox + trot.
Meanings
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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.
- (alt-of, qualifier:international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foxtrots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
whisky tango foxtrot · whiskey tango foxtrot · foxtrot oscar · slowfox
Translations (18)
fr fox-trot (a ballroom dance) · he פוקסטרוט (a ballroom dance) · cy llwynog (a ballroom dance) · de Foxtrott (a ballroom dance) · ca foxtrot (a ballroom dance) · fi fokstrotti (a ballroom dance) · el είδος χορού (a ballroom dance) · sk foxtrot (a ballroom dance) · hy ֆոքստրոտ (a ballroom dance) · tr fokstrot (a ballroom dance) · eo fokstroto (a ballroom dance) · sv foxtrot (a ballroom dance) · ru фокстро́т (a ballroom dance) · pl fokstrot (a ballroom dance) · ja フォックストロット (a ballroom dance) · cs foxtrot (a ballroom dance) · hu foxtrott (a ballroom dance) · az fokstrot (a ballroom dance)