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trochee
DEFINITIONS OF:
trochee
1
n
a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
Type of:
foot
,
metrical foot
,
metrical unit
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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