turkey trot
a round dance, danced by couples, properly to ragtime, the step being a springy walk with little or no bending of the knees, and accompanied by a swinging motion of the body with shoulder movements up and down.
Origin of turkey trot
1Other definitions for turkey-trot (2 of 2)
to dance the turkey trot.
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How to use turkey trot in a sentence
The very names of the dances were atrocious—bunny-hug, Texas Tommy, grizzly bear, turkey-trot.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesIt was finally agreed that they were to lunch late, take a little spin round town, and then turkey-trot again in the afternoon.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesThe tango and the turkey-trot had spread overseas, and royalties trod on Persis' toes as they bungled the steps like yokels.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesThat, I believe, is a highly fashionable performance called the turkey trot.
Kildares of Storm | Eleanor Mercein KellyOld Ben, who was lame in his left hind foot, had a curious gait, like a sort of grotesque turkey trot.
Missy | Dana Gatlin
British Dictionary definitions for turkey trot
an early ragtime one-step, popular in the period of World War I
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