anapest

noun

1. 1.In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
2. 2.In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
3. 3.A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.