fox trot
Slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm
A fox trot is a ballroom dance in 4/4 time characterized by smooth, gliding movements—slow steps alternating with quick ones.
The dance emerged in American ballrooms around 1914 and remains a standard in social dancing.
Fox trot also appears in the NATO phonetic alphabet representing the letter F.
Venue for formal dances
- quickstepFast-paced ballroom dance
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
three-step · chassé · heel turn · partnership · smooth · standard · American · competition
Large jazz ensemble
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- 4/4 timeFour quarter-note beats per measure
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
tempo · slow tempo · crooner · orchestra · Glenn Miller · Frank Sinatra · Ella Fitzgerald · standard
Spelling code for radio
- radio communicationTransmission via electromagnetic waves
- phonetic alphabetLetter-to-word correspondence system
- aviationFlying or operating aircraft
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
alpha bravo · code word · transmission · wartime · two-way radio
ballroom
Venue for formal dances
- quickstepFast-paced ballroom dance
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
promenade · three-step · chassé · heel turn · partnership · smooth · standard · American · competition · rise and fall
big band
Large jazz ensemble
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- 4/4 timeFour quarter-note beats per measure
syncopation · tempo · slow tempo · crooner · orchestra · Glenn Miller · Frank Sinatra · Ella Fitzgerald · standard · ragtime
NATO alphabet
Spelling code for radio
- radio communicationTransmission via electromagnetic waves
- phonetic alphabetLetter-to-word correspondence system
- aviationFlying or operating aircraft
pilot · alpha bravo · code word · transmission · wartime · two-way radio
- animal gaitswalking, galloping, canter, cantering, pacing
- horse gaitswalk, canter, gallop, pace, amble
- swing danceslindy hop, Lindy Hop, jitterbug, east coast swing, Charleston
- Dressagepassage, pirouette, half-pass, shoulder-in, capriole
- hunting callsturkey call, duck call, deer call, goose call, coyote call
fox trotjive
Swing-era dance or bunk
quickstep · cha-cha · salsa · polka · paso doble
fox trotwaltz
Dance in three-quarter time
Viennese waltz · tango · rumba · bolero · hip-hop
fox trotbreakdancing
Acrobatic hip-hop dance form
moshing · twerking · line dancing · square dancing · street dance