"turkey trot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: turkey trots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-turkey_trot-en-noun-4zk0X8Xh Disambiguation of Dances: 33 30 37
  2. (US) A footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day. Tags: US Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-turkey_trot-en-noun-04p~pJYR Disambiguation of Dances: 33 30 37 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 56 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 61 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 61 15

Verb

Forms: to turkey trot [canonical], turkey trots [present, singular, third-person], turkey trotting [participle, present], turkey trotted [participle, past], turkey trotted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++|head=to turkey trot}} 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. Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: turkey-trot Related terms: foxtrot
    Sense id: en-turkey_trot-en-verb-xUkT7Ae3 Disambiguation of Dances: 33 30 37

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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