fox trot

US: (foks′trot′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈfox ˌtrot, n. [countable]

1. Music and Dance a ballroom dance with various combinations of slow and quick steps.

fox--trot, v. [no object] , -trot•ted, -trot•ting. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fox′ trot′, 

1. Music and Dance a social dance, in quadruple meter, performed by couples, characterized by various combinations of slow and quick steps.
2. Sport a pace, as of a horse, consisting of a series of short steps, as in slackening from a trot to a walk.
• 1870–75, American.

fox-trot  (foks′trot′), v.i., -trot•ted, -trot•ting. 

1. to dance a fox trot.

• 1915–20

Fox•trot  (foks′trot′), n. 

1. Telecommunications a word used in communications to represent the letter F.