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to foxtrot

to foxtrot

1 7.4
To dance in a smooth ballroom style with slow and quick steps
  • verb
  • /ˈfɑkstrɒt/
translation icon : bailar foxtrot
  • Everyone there had taken professional dance lessons so they could properly waltz and foxtrot, and you could tell.

Examples

  • Take my word for it, ladies out here line up to get the chance to foxtrot with Sol Spivak.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We took one dance class geared toward couples who needed help with their first dance and agreed we wanted something we could foxtrot or swing to.

    Blog text (15)

  • Are these guys gonna fight or foxtrot?

    Against the Ropes (2004)

  • At the wedding, the couple decided to foxtrot across the dance floor for their first dance.

  • She enjoys taking dance classes where she can learn to foxtrot with her partner.

  • During the competition, the dancers gracefully foxtrot to the lively music.

Synonyms

to dance
vsto foxtrot
579 1.0

To move quickly and lightly from side to side or up and down

refers to a specific ballroom style with slow and quick steps

Idioms

foxtrot oscar
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude slang phrase that tells someone to go away angrily

Compounds

whiskey tango foxtrot
  • Offensive
9.9

A phrase people say as a joke when they feel shocked or confused

How Fast

to jive
7 7.6
to foxtrot
1 7.4
to tango
11 3.9
waltz
24 3.4

Surface Forms

foxtrot infinitive
foxtrotted past
foxtrotted past participle
foxtrotting present participle
foxtrots third person singular

Etymology

To foxtrot means 'to dance the foxtrot' and the verb comes from the same name, Harry Fox. Picture a fox taking a smooth trot across the floor — this image shows why the dance and the verb use 'slow and quick steps'.