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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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trot verb (RUN) Add to word list. 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.
The meaning of TROT is to ride, drive, or proceed at a trot. How to use trot in a sentence.
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.
1. a. 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. 4. See pony. 5. trots Informal Diarrhea. Used with the. 6. A toddler. 7.
If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps.
Definition of trot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
trot. noun. uk / trɒt / us. [ no plural ] the speed that a horse moves when it trots. on the trot. If you do several things on the trot, you do them one after the other: They won three games on the trot. (Definition of trot from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. A gait, as of a horse, in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are lifted at the same time. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The sound of a trotting horse. Webster's New World. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Trotline. Webster's New World. A race for trotters.
v. (of a horse) to (cause to) go at a pace between a walk and a run: [ no object] The horse trotted along. [ ~ + object] The rider trotted his horse for the competition. to go at a quick, steady pace:[ no object] He trotted along behind his big brother.
