foxtrot /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.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. — 1930 •Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. •A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking. verb1 •To dance the foxtrot. formsfoxtrotted · foxtrotting · foxtrots