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/ˈfäksˌträt/,
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foxtrots, plural;
  1. Perform such a ballroom dance

Noun
  1. A ballroom dance in 4/4 time, with alternation of two slow and two quick steps

  2. A piece of music written for such a dance

  3. A gait in which a horse walks with its front legs and trots with its hind legs

  4. A code word representing the letter F, used in radio communication

  1. dance the foxtrot
  2. fox-trot: a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
  3. FoxTrot is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Amend. As of December 2006, FoxTrot was carried by more than 1,000 newspapers worldwide. From its inception in 1988 it was published daily until December 31, 2006, when Amend switched to a Sunday-only format.
  4. Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band lineup which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett.
  5. Foxtrot benefit compilation release for John Balance's alcohol addiction. The album features tracks by Balance's close friends, including his group Coil and was released via their label Chalice.
  6. Foxtrot is a 1976 British drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein and starring Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling and Max von Sydow.
  7. The term amble or ambling is used to describe a number of four-beat intermediate gaits of horses. All are faster than a walk but usually slower than a canter or gallop. ...
  8. The Foxtrot is a television play by Rhys Adrian, first broadcast on BBC One in 1971 as part of the Play for Today strand. It is notable as an early example of the series' departure from socially aware, issue-based drama towards comedy and non-naturalism.
  9. A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm; The letter F in the ICAO spelling alphabet; The Sunday (and formerly daily) comic strip by Bill Amend; Short for Foxtrot216, film industry slang for bubble wrap, coined by Avant-garde documentary filmmaker Nick Martin; To dance the foxtrot
  10. A social dance of American origin. A standard ballroom dance the world over and serves as a good foundation for social dances in 2/4 or 4/4 time.
  11. A dance fad that began in 1913. Fox-trots contain a dotted-note rhythm different from that of ragtime, but which nonetheless was incorporated into many late rags.
  12. General name for all American pop music in the first half of this century (roughly from 1910 to 1955) as long as it is in compass 4/4 and does not use foreign rhythms such as samba, waltz or bolero. Actually, "Rock Around The Clock", first rock hit, was originally a fox-trot.
  13. the word assigned to represent the letter "F" in the international phonetic alphabet; at various times in different spelling schemes, it has also been acrophonetically represented as Fox. See ALPHABET SOUP, PHONETIC ALPHABET. [v: Alphabet Codes & Signal Flags]
  14. Typically danced to big band swing-style music written in 4/4 time and with a music tempo ranging from 120 to 136 BPM, the foxtrot was developed by American entertainer Henry Fox and later refined by the British to yield the version danced today. ...
  15. the granddaddy of ballroom dancing.  A great general purpose dance that can be done to a wide variety of tempos (speeds) of music.  Great for Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Michael Buble and the Big Band Leaders. ...
  16. an American ballroom dance, a cross between ragtime and a march, which can be slow or quick
  17. a dance done by two people together in which some slow steps are followed by some quick steps.
  18. military phonetic for the letter 'F'