FOX-TROT


Meaning of FOX-TROT in English

I. ˈfäks-ˌträt noun

Date: 1872

1. : a short broken slow trotting gait in which the hind foot of the horse hits the ground a trifle before the diagonally opposite forefoot

2. : a ballroom dance in duple time that includes slow walking steps, quick running steps, and the step of the two-step

II. intransitive verb

Date: 1916

: to dance the fox-trot

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.