TROT

trot

(noun) a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

jog, trot, lope

(noun) a slow pace of running

pony, trot, crib

(noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

Trotskyite, Trotskyist, Trot

(noun) radicals who support Trotsky’s theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

trot, jog, clip

(verb) run at a moderately swift pace

trot

(verb) cause to trot; “She trotted the horse home”

trot

(verb) ride at a trot

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

trot (plural trots)

(archaic, disparaging) An ugly old woman, a hag. [From 1362.]

(chiefly, of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.

A brisk journey or progression.

A toddler. [From 1854.]

(obsolete) A young animal. [From 1895.]

(dance) A moderately rapid dance.

(Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.

(Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.

(dated, slang, among students) synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)

(informal, as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.

Synonyms

• (gait of an animal between walk and canter)

• (ugly old woman): See old woman

• (gait of a person faster than a walk): jog

Verb

trot (third-person singular simple present trots, present participle trotting, simple past and past participle trotted)

(intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.

(intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

(transitive) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Synonyms

• (to walk rapidly): jog, pace

See also walk, run

Etymology 2

Noun

trot (uncountable)

A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.

Synonyms

• ppongjjak

Etymology 3

Noun

trot (plural trots)

(disparaging, properly Trot) Clipping of Trotskyist.

Anagrams

• -tort, ROTT, Rott, TRTO, tort

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

Trot (plural Trots)

(slang, derogatory) A Trotskyist.

Anagrams

• -tort, ROTT, Rott, TRTO, tort

Source: Wiktionary

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Trot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trotting.] Etym: [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott to tread. See Tread.]

1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry. He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. Franklin.

Trot, v. t.

Definition: To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]

Trot, n. Etym: [F. See Trot, v. i.]

1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. "The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot." Stillman (The Horse in Motion).

2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

3. One who trots; a child; a woman. An old trot with ne'er a tooth. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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