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Meaning of Foxtrot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfɒkstɹɒt

Definitions

  1. A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
  2. A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
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Equivalents

Čeština foxtrot
Cymraeg llwynog
Deutsch Foxtrott
Esperanto fokstroto
Français fox-trot foxtrot
Magyar foxtrott
Հայերեն ֆոքստրոտ
Italiano foxtrot
Polski fokstrot
Português foxtrot
Русский фокстрот
Svenska foxtrot
Türkçe fokstrot

Examples

“The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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