turkey trot
noun
: a ragtime dance danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot followed by a drop upon the heel
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Enjoy family fun runs with great themes—anyone up for a glow race, tough mudder or turkey trot? 
Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022 These funny riddles will have some wobbling away in defeat and others doing a celebratory turkey trot. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 July 2022 In the Citizens Bank robbery, the suspect was wearing a gray Chattanooga turkey trot shirt, Nashville Predators baseball cap and an N-95 mask with yellow straps. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 11 Feb. 2022 The fit wasn’t right for a woman who once showed up at a Thanksgiving Day turkey trot dressed in a turkey suit. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022 Gobble, gobble: After your holiday meal, no better way to feel a little lighter than participating in a turkey trot. Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021 The Boston Marathon might be America’s most famous race, but the turkey trot is the country’s oldest continuous one. Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2021 Why not start your holiday by running a turkey trot? Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2021 Thanksgiving will stretch across five days with a treasure hunt, arts and crafts, cooking classes, a 5K turkey trot and thankful sunset yoga. Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021 See More
Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022 These funny riddles will have some wobbling away in defeat and others doing a celebratory turkey trot. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 July 2022 In the Citizens Bank robbery, the suspect was wearing a gray Chattanooga turkey trot shirt, Nashville Predators baseball cap and an N-95 mask with yellow straps. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 11 Feb. 2022 The fit wasn’t right for a woman who once showed up at a Thanksgiving Day turkey trot dressed in a turkey suit. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022 Gobble, gobble: After your holiday meal, no better way to feel a little lighter than participating in a turkey trot. Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021 The Boston Marathon might be America’s most famous race, but the turkey trot is the country’s oldest continuous one. Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2021 Why not start your holiday by running a turkey trot? Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2021 Thanksgiving will stretch across five days with a treasure hunt, arts and crafts, cooking classes, a 5K turkey trot and thankful sunset yoga. Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined above