ALL meanings of trochee
tro·chee
T t - noun trochee a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: . 1
- noun trochee a metrical foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short (– ◡) 0
- noun trochee a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one long syllable followed by one short one, or, as in English verse, of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented one (Ex.: “Pétĕr, | Pétĕr, | púmpkĭn | éatĕr”) 0