trot

[ trot ]

/ trɒt /

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verb (used without object), trot·ted, trot·ting.

(of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.

to go at a quick, steady pace; move briskly; bustle; hurry.

verb (used with object), trot·ted, trot·ting.

to cause to trot.

to ride (a horse) at a trot.

to lead at a trot.

to travel over by trotting: to spend the day trotting the country byways.

to execute by trotting.

noun

the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.

the sound made by an animal when trotting.

the jogging gait of a human being, between a walk and a run.

Harness Racing. a race for trotters.

brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been on the trot all afternoon.

Archaic: Disparaging. an old woman.

Slang. a literal translation used illicitly in doing schoolwork; crib; pony.

the trots, Informal. diarrhea.

Informal. a toddling child.

Verb Phrases

trot out, Informal.

to bring forward for inspection.
to bring to the attention of; introduce; submit: He trots out his old jokes at every party.

RELATED WORDS

scamper, hurry, amble, lope, jog, canter, run, ride, pad, go, rack

Nearby words

tropospheric, tropospheric scatter, tropotaxis, troppo, trossachs, trot, trot out, troth, trothplight, trotline, trotsky

Origin of trot

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English trotten < Middle French troter < Germanic; akin to Old High German trottōn to tread, whence Middle High German trotten to run; (noun) Middle English < Middle French, derivative of troter

Related formsun·trot·ted, adjective

Usage note

The meaning “old woman” is archaic, used with disparaging intent especially in contexts where the woman is regarded as mean, ugly, etc.

Definition for trot (2 of 2)

trot

[ trot ]

/ trɒt /

noun

a trotline.

a short line with hooks, attached to the trotline.

Origin of trot

First recorded in 1880–85; short for trotline

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Examples from the Web for trot

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They were the trot of a horse's hoofs and the roll of wheels, and before we reached the hall-door the bell was ringing.
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Out from this window the little feet could trot upon the guarded roof of a piazza.
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Chariot-horses were trained to three paces, a walk, a trot, and a gallop.
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The first condition, in order to obtain the trot backwards, is to keep the horse in a perfect cadence and as rassembl as possible.
New Method of Horsemanship|F. Baucher
Fannin and Sillicum climbed up the steep hill; and, leaving their guns behind them, started on a trot for the camp.
Jack the Young Canoeman|George Bird Grinnell

British Dictionary definitions for trot (1 of 2)

trot

/ (trɒt) /

verb trots, trotting or trotted

to move or cause to move at a trot

angling to fish (a fast-moving stream or river) by using a float and weighted line that carries the baited hook just above the bottom

noun

a gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk, in which diagonally opposite legs come down togetherSee also jog trot, rising trot, sitting trot

a steady brisk pace

(in harness racing) a race for horses that have been trained to trot fast

angling

one of the short lines attached to a trotline
the trotline

Australian and NZ informal a run of lucka good trot

mainly British a small child; tot

US slang a student's crib

on the trot informal

one after the otherto read two books on the trot
busy, esp on one's feet

the trots informal

diarrhoea
NZ trotting races

Word Origin for trot

C13: from Old French trot, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German trotten to run

British Dictionary definitions for trot (2 of 2)

Trot

/ (trɒt) /

noun

informal a follower of Trotsky; Trotskyist

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Word Origin and History for trot (1 of 2)

trot

c.1300, from Old French trot (12c.), from troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton (cf. Old High German trotton "to tread"), from a variant of the Germanic base of tread (v.). The trots "diarrhea" is recorded from 1808 (cf. the runs).

Word Origin and History for trot (1 of 2)

trot

late 14c., from Old French troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton (see trot (n.). Italian trottare, Spanish trotar also are borrowed from Germanic. To trot (something) out originally (1838) was in reference to horses; figurative sense of "produce and display for admiration" is slang first recorded 1845. Related: Trotted; trotting.

Idioms and Phrases with trot

trot

In addition to the idiom beginning with trot

trot out

also see:

hot to trot

trot

verb (used without object), trot·ted, trot·ting.

verb (used with object), trot·ted, trot·ting.

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verb trots, trotting or trotted

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