turkey trot

See also: turkey-trot

English

Alternative forms

• turkey-trot

Noun

turkey trot (plural turkey trots)

1. A dance popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, consisting of exaggerated bird-like movements performed to fast-paced ragtime music.
   • 1919, Frank L. Packard, chapter 9, in The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale:

     From the direction of "The Yellow Lantern" […] arose the strident notes of a tinny piano beating blatantly the measure of a turkey trot.

   • 1985 Sept. 30, Guy D. Garcia, "People," Time:

     Still, music fans who feared that rockabilly might eventually go the way of the turkey trot can take heart.

2. (US) A footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day.

Verb

to turkey trot (third-person singular simple present turkey trots, present participle turkey trotting, simple past and past participle turkey trotted)

1. To dance a turkey trot.
   • 1914, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 4, in The Auction Block:

     The old men on the Exchange play golf all day, and the young ones turkey-trot all night.

See also

• foxtrot

References

• “turkey trot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.