n.
Pronunciation: ' tr ō -( ˌ )k ē
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Middle French trochée, from Latin trochaeus, from Greek trochaios, from trochaios running, from troch ē run, course, from trechein to run; akin to Greek trochos wheel, Old Irish droch
Date: 1589
: a metrical foot consisting of one long syllable followed by one short syllable or of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (as in apple )