Tro"chee (?), n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. &?; (sc.&?;), from &?; running, from &?; to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

Tro"chee (?), n. [L. trochaeus, Gr. &?; (sc.&?;), from &?; running, from &?; to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel.] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.

• A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.