Trō'chee, n.

(trō'kee), n. [Fr. trochée, It. trocheo, Sp. troqueo, Lat. trochæus, Gr. τροχαῖος (sc. ποῦς), from τροχαῖος, running, from τρέχειν, to run.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as motion: a choree.