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Trochee

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syllabicnoun(phonetics) A syllabic sound.
trocheusnounArchaic form of trochee. [A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.]
troch.nounAbbreviation of trochee. [A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.]
ditrocheenoun(poetry) A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two trochees.
sotadicnounRelating to, or resembling, the compositions of the Ancient Greek poet Sotades, often of an obscene or satirical nature.
tribrachnoun(prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
trimeternounA line in a poem having three metrical feet.
metrical footnoun(prosody) The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse.
choreenouna choreus, trochee (a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short)
tripodynoun(poetry) Three metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
tetrameternoun(poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
tetrastichnoun(prosody) A four-line stanza.
epitritenoun(poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
choriambusnoun(poetry) A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
dimeternoun(poetry) A line in a poem having two metrical feet.
trimetrenounAlternative form of trimeter. [A line in a poem having three metrical feet.]
tetrametrenounAlternative form of tetrameter. [(poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet.]
amphibrachnoun(prosody) A metrical foot in modern prosody, consisting of three syllables, the middle one of which is stressed (e.g. Jamaica).
tetrapodynounA set of four metrical feet.
tribrachysnounAlternative form of tribrach. [(prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.]

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