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English
Etymology
From slow + foxtrot.
Noun
slowfox (plural slowfoxes)
- (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: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: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: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:I asked him if he would teach me how to dance a slowfox.