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trots

  • present tense form
    of trot (3rd person singular).
    trot
    verb (used without object)
    (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.

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And they custom-fit Shawkat’s mellower Molly, who trots behind in Frankie’s wake of destruction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

He came home after an Nvidia developer conference with Theo, a robot dog trained on Lester’s own sermons that trots his church’s aisles on Sundays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The court trots it out at undetermined times in undetermined ways.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2025

A bit of lettuce, a bit of cucumber, a few trots around the garden and he's quite happy.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

The beagle trots beside him, head down, sniffing.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord