slowfox

English

Etymology

slow +‎ foxtrot

Noun

slowfox (plural slowfoxes)

1. (music) A slow foxtrot.
   • 1980, Grove, George, Sir, 1820-1900. Dictionary of music and musicians, Sadie, Stanley, The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians‎^[1]:

     During the 1920s it developed into two distinct styles, a slow dance in the English style (later called simply the ‘foxtrot’ in English-speaking countries and France and the ‘slowfox’ in German-speaking countries) and the ‘quickstep’ (in German-speaking countries called the ‘foxtrott’).

   • 1988, Viebahn, Fred, 1947-, The Stain‎^[2]:

     When the music changed to a slowfox, she threw me a strange glance, then went cheek to cheek, whispering into the guy’s ear.

   • 1995, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra concert programs, 1994-1995, Subscription, Volume 02, Season 114‎^[3]:

     Suddenly the tempo changes to that of a "Slowfox," as the score says — that is, the current dance rage, the fox-trot — and a light-textured central passage begins to swing more and more intensely, finally breaking out again in the fast opening material that brings the concerto to its invigorating close.

   • 2017, Grøndahl, Jens Christian, 1959- author, Often I am happy : a novel‎^[4]:

     I asked him if he would teach me how to dance a slowfox.