fox-trot

[ foks-trot ]

/ ˈfɒksˌtrɒt /

to dance a fox trot.

Origin of fox-trot

First recorded in 1915–20

fox trot

a social dance, in quadruple meter, performed by couples, characterized by various combinations of slow and quick steps.

a pace, as of a horse, consisting of a series of short steps, as in slackening from a trot to a walk.

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

They glanced over their shoulders and saw two of the orderlies executing a fox-trot in the heavy shell-ploughed soil.

The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land |Ralph Connor
A military horseman overtook the carriage and slackened to a fox-trot at Garnet's side.

John March, Southerner |George W. Cable
One-step, fox-trot and a Lulu Fado followed in smooth succession.

A Man's Hearth |Eleanor M. Ingram
And mixed up in it all we discussed the merits of the fox-trot versus the single-foot.

Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard

Then I went over to the victrola and set it going in a fox-trot, one of my favorites.

Possessed |Cleveland Moffett