Fox-trot

  

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Fox-trot

Definitions: Fox-trot

Fox-trot

Noun

1. A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences.

Verb

1. Dance the foxtrot.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Fox-trot

Synonyms: Hungarian grass (n), Italian millet (n), Setaria italica (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Fox-trot

English words defined with "fox-trot": one-step. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Fox-trot" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (foxtrot, quickstep).

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Modern Usage: Fox-trot

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Now a Manhattan you always shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time. (The Thin Man; writing credit: Dashiell Hammett; Albert Hackett)

Movie/TV Titles

The Fox-Trot Craze (1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fox-trot

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Fox-trot

Language Translations for "fox-trot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

tanec (cotillon, dance, dancing, jive, rock 'n' roll). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

フェルミç²'å­ (a walk, fall, fault, fault-tolerance, fauvisme, fellowship, fence, fencing, fender, Fermi particle, ferret, ferro-alloy, foam, foam rubber, focus, Fodor, fog, fog lamp, fog light, foie gras, folder, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk song, folklore, follow, follow wind, follow-through, followup, follow-up, fondue, font, force, force-out, ford, fore, forecast, foreground, forehand, foreman, forge, fork, fork ball, forklift, forklore, form, formal, formal dress, formal wear, formalism, format, formation, formatter, formatting, form-feed, formula car, formula plan, formula translation, forte, FORTRAN, fortune, forum, forward, forward pass, forwarding, fossa magna, foster child, foster parent, four nines, Fuji, Fuji-TV, pheromone, phone, phonograph, photo, photo library, photo realism, photo story, photo studio, photochromic glass, photocoupler, photodiode, photogenic, photogenie, photograph, photographer, photography, photogravure, photoresist, phototransistor, Volkswagen, VW). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

フォックストロット . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ox-trotfay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Fox-trot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: foxtrot.

Words within the letters "f-o-o-r-t-t-x"

-2 letters: torot.

-3 letters: foot, fort, otto, roof, root, roto, toft, toot, toro, tort, trot.

-4 letters: for, fox, fro, oft, oot, ort, oxo, rot, too, tor, tot.

-5 letters: of, or, ox, to.

 Words containing the letters "f-o-o-r-t-t-x"
 

+1 letter: foxtrots.

 

+3 letters: foxtrotted.

 

+4 letters: foxtrotting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Fox-trot


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 6F 78 2D 74 72 6F 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101111 01111000 00101101 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#111 &#120 &#45 &#116 &#114 &#111 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 006F 0078 002D 0074 0072 006F 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4081901586848186

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Fox-trot"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Czech

slovník, definice, překladèesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška

Japanese Kanji

è¾­å…¸ , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デãƒ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonský, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ã»ã†ã", ジャパニーズ , ã»ã†ã˜ã‚"

Japanese Katakana

ã˜ã„, ã˜ã³ã, ã˜ã¦ã‚", ディクショナリー , ã˜ã‚Šã‚", ã˜ã—ょ, ã'ã‚"ã‹ã„, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ã¦ã„ãŽ, ã‹ãã¦ã„, ã¸ã„ã"ã†ã„ã©ã†, ã‚„ãã˜ã‚…ã¤, トランスレーション , ã‚„ãã—ょ, ã‚„ãã—ã‚…ã¤, ã"ã†ã©ã, ã»ã‚"ã‚„ã, ã»ã‚"ã‚„ãã—ょjaponský, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ã»ã†ã", ジャパニーズ , ã»ã†ã˜ã‚"

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglicky
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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