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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  • Findings of no effect tend to either be shuffled off to low-profile journals or left behind as unpublished lab lore.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • It’s been more than a year since Ozzy Osbourne shuffled off this mortal coil.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Oct. 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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  • On Saturday, while the rain poured down outside, Marge Simpson in yellow body paint and Carrie Bradshaw with McDonald’s bag in hand (Big is moving to Paris) strutted down a makeshift runway at the new Public Hotel in West Hollywood.
    — Meka Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The song ended with Gigi Hadid emerging on stage and having a sweet moment with McRae, who strutted side-by-side with the veteran VS Angel for a few beats before falling back and finishing out the track.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Oct. 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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