a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
<noun.act> [ verb ]
dance the foxtrot
<verb.motion>
fox trot \fox" trot`\, foxtrot \fox"trot`\n. a ballroom dance for couples in quadruple time, combining short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences.
Syn: fox-trot. [WordNet 1.5]
fox-trot \fox"-trot`\, foxtrot \fox"trot`\v. i. To dance the foxtrot. [PJC]
The action includes a sightseeing jaunt for Pat, a visit to Mao Tse-tung's study by the Nixons and Henry Kissinger, a night at the Peking opera and a banquet at which Mao dances a foxtrot.