1.
a metrical foot of one long syllable followed by two short syllables in classical verse or one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables in modern verse
2.
a finger, toe, or related body part
3.
a section of a line of poetry that consists of one syllablepart of a word that you emphasize when speaking followed by two syllables that you do not emphasize. An example of this is the word “pleasantly.”