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Noun: foxtrot  'fóks,trót
  1. A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences
    "The elderly couple still enjoyed dancing the foxtrot";
    - fox-trot
Verb: foxtrot (foxtrotted,foxtrotting)  'fóks,trót
  1. Dance the foxtrot
    "The couple foxtrotted gracefully at the wedding reception"

Derived forms: foxtrots, fox-trots, foxtrotting, foxtrotted

Type of: ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, dance, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Foxtrot, the cartoon