Definitions for turkey-trot

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Spelling: [tur-kee-trot]
IPA: /ˈtɜr kiˌtrɒt/

Turkey-Trot is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in turkey-trot (-ekorrtttuy).

Definitions for turkey-trot

noun

  1. 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.

verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the turkey trot.

Origin of turkey-trot

An Americanism dating back to 1830-40

Examples for turkey-trot

Boys, if I had been a young man the chances are I would have started down the "turkey-trot" road that evening.

It was finally agreed that they were to lunch late, take a little spin round town, and then turkey-trot again in the afternoon.

There was general agreement that it was high time to turkey-trot again.

The tango and the turkey-trot had spread overseas, and royalties trod on Persis' toes as they bungled the steps like yokels.

She was so advanced, the styles had fairly to trot, or turkey-trot, to keep up with her.

The turkey-trot is only vulgar when vulgar people dance it, and they'd be vulgar anyway, anywhere.

The very names of the dances were atrocious—bunny-hug, Texas Tommy, grizzly bear, turkey-trot.

Everywhere in that day there seemed to be a band somewhere playing a turkey-trot.

Also she whistled, and did a quiet suspicion of a turkey-trot with her feet.

Word Value for turkey-trot
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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