trot

Definition of trot in English English dictionary: To walk rapidly; A moderately common abbreviation, a mildly negative epithet for Trotskyist; A gait of horses between walk and canter, a diagonal gait, i.e., in which diagonal pairs of legs move together; The trots: diarrhoea/diarrhea; A run of luck or fortune
He's had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.; An ugly old woman; A gait of a person faster than a walk; A moderately rapid dance; To move at a gait between a walk and a canter; A toddler; If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps. I trotted down the steps and out to the shed A small shabby man was trotting beside Bardi trying to get his attention. Trot is also a noun. He walked briskly, but without breaking into a trot; {v} to ride in a trot, to walk fast; {n} a jolting high pace of a horse, walk, old; Fig; the trots: Diarrhea; To run; to jog; to hurry; a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together; ride at a trot; To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering; cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"; If something happens several times on the trot, it happens that number of times without a break. She lost five games on the trot = in a row; To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot; When an animal such as a horse trots, it moves fairly fast, taking quick small steps. You can also say that the rider of the animal is trotting. Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting Pete got on his horse and started trotting across the field. Trot is also a noun. As they started up again, the horse broke into a brisk trot; {i} gait between a walk and a run, jog; gait of a horse between a walk and a canter; (Archaic) old woman; a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together run at a moderately swift pace cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"; radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution; {f} move briskly; move with a gait between a walk and run (usually of a horse); cause to trot; a slow pace of running; run at a moderately swift pace; a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly); 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; See Trot, n; A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying; One who trots; a child; a woman
trot out: To list or recite quickly
trot out: bring out and show for inspection and admiration; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse
trot out: {f} display something again and again; bring out something or someone and display for admiration; bring out and show the gaits of a horse
globe-trot: To travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing
globe-trot: A trip around the world
Can we this quote? Luminous French actress Eva Green melts the screen as the Eve-figure in Bond mythology, who rides shotgun for 007’s first globe-trot, beginning in the toy soldier kingdom of Montenegro and going all the way to an oceanside Bahamas vista, and further.
hot to trot: Eager for sexual activity
She's nowhere close to relinquishing her crown as the queen of dance-pop—or abandoning her favorite role as pop music's most hot-to-trot coquette.
hot to trot: Eager to begin; anxious to get going
At the moment, Justice Department lawyers are cool to the idea. We're not hot to trot on this thing, says one Justice official.
hot-to-trot: Alternative spelling of hot to trot
rough trot: A series of difficult circumstances
Fred is experiencing a rough trot.
trots: A trotting race meet; harness racing
He went to the trots in Yonkers.
trots: plural form of trot
trotting: Present participle of trot
trotting: The action of the verb to trot
Trotting along the avenue was relaxing.
disapproval trot out: If you say that a person trots out old ideas or information, you are criticizing him or her for repeating them in a way that is not new or interesting. Was it really necessary to trot out the same old stereotypes about Ireland?
fox trot: type of dance
fox-trot: a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
globe-trot: If someone spends their time globe-trotting, they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world. The son of a diplomat, he has spent much of his life globe-trotting. + globe-trotting globe-trotting globe-trotting academic superstars. + globe-trotter globe-trotters globe-trotter TV globe-trotter Alan Whicker was nearly burned alive by an angry mob in Egypt
globe-trot: travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing
jog trot: jerky gait of a horse that is between a walk and a canter; habitual set of actions
jog trot: an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot
on the trot: always busy, constantly working
rising trot: the rider rises from the saddle every second stride
sitting trot: the rider sits still in the saddle
trots: Diarrhoea/diarrhea
trots: {i} (Slang) diarrhea ("the trots")
trots: A trotting race meet. Harness racing
trotted: past of trot
trotting: Of an animal that trots
turkey trot: A ragtime dance marked by a springy walk with the feet well apart and a swinging up-and-down movement of the shoulders
turkey trot: an early ragtime one-step

trot

Turkish pronunciation

trät

Synonyms

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

Pronunciation

/ˈträt/ /ˈtrɑːt/

Etymology

[ 'trät ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottāre, *trotāre (“to go”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōjanan, *trudanan, *tradjanan (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreu-, *derə-, *drā- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic