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- Dictionarytrot/trɒt/
verb
- 1. (with reference to a horse or other four-legged animal) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately: "the horses trotted slowly through the night"
- 2. (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps: "the child trotted across to her obediently"
noun
- 1. a trotting pace: "our horses slowed to a trot"
- 2. diarrhoea. informal
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(Definition of trotted from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of trotted. trotted. The usual bureaucratic excuses were trotted out, along the lines that this was necessary for pensions eligibility, and after a short, lively debate, ' age ' was erased from the list.
Verb A horse trotted past us. The batter trotted around the bases after hitting a home run. She trotted off to help. The little boy trotted along after his mother. Noun (1) a gossipy old trot who never had a good word to say about anyone ate something that gave us the trots See More
trot. verb. uk / trɒt / us / trɑːt / -tt- trot verb (RUN) Add to word list. [ I usually + adv/prep ] If a horse or similar animal with four legs trots, it runs at its slowest speed, using short steps in which a front leg and the back leg on the opposite side move together: trot along She was trotting along on her pony.
From Washington Post. She trotted the globe, visiting more than 50 countries. From CNN. The general public today is too busy to research around the cover-up and the lies trotted out about earthchanges, but it's possible. From TIME. Vague rules and regulations are trotted out to justify a crackdown. From TIME.
We both laughed loudly and he trotted me through a secretary's ante-room to his office, where two large windows overlooked the street.
Definition of trot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
13 meanings: 1. to move or cause to move at a trot 2. angling to fish (a fast-moving stream or river) by using a float and.... Click for more definitions.
The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together. b. A ride on a horse moving with this gait. 2. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog. 3. Sports A race for trotters.
Other forms: trotted; trotting; trots. To trot is move faster than walking, but not quite at a full-out run. You might trot down the street when you hear the ice cream truck coming. People can trot — as they do when they jog or do a slow run — and so can four-legged animals, especially horses.
