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fox-trotted

verb

past tense of fox-trot
as in waltzed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fox-trotted
  1. shuffled
  2. bopped
  3. jived
  4. strutted
  5. pranced
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  • The dispute has caused confusion for over a million potential voters who could be shuffled among districts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Senate Leadership Fund, the main GOP Senate super PAC, also shuffled some of its reservations, removing $900,000 in broadcast buys in the state while adding $400,000 in digital ads.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of shuffled
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  • Throughout the night, creatives grazed on light bites from Goop Kitchen—the teriyaki salmon hand rolls were a crowd favorite—and bopped to the tunes from DJ Mariko.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of bopped
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  • The high school musical romance Grease hand-jived its way into theaters during the summer of 1978.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of jived
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  • Baby Jay strutted around while hundreds of Kansas fans dressed in crimson and blue crowded around them.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While some models strutted in heels, others walked the runway in slipper-like flats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of strutted
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  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Definition of pranced
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“Fox-trotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fox-trotted. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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