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foxtrot

 
Dictionary: fox·trot   (fŏks'trŏt') pronunciation

intr.v., -trot·ted, -trot·ting, -trots.
To dance the fox trot.


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Dictionary of Dance: foxtrot
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Popular ballroom dance of American origin danced to a march-like ragtime (slow or fast). From 1913 it was widely danced around the world.

One of the two artificial gaits of the five-gaited horse. A four-beat gait midway in speed between a walk and a trot. There is a great deal of similarity with several other gaits such as amble, fadge, slow pace, stepping pace, running walk, jog, hound jog. A breed of pleasure horse which is highly proficient at the foxtrot is the Fox Trotting Horse.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: dance the foxtrot


 
 

 

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