trotting
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verb (used without object)
1.
2.
to go at a quick, steady pace; move briskly; bustle; hurry.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to trot.
4.
to ride (a horse) at a trot.
5.
to lead at a trot.
6.
to travel over by trotting: to spend the day trotting the country byways.
7.
to execute by trotting.
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Trotting
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noun
Verb phrases 8.
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
9.
the sound made by an animal when trotting.
10.
the jogging gait of a human being, between a walk and a run.
12.
brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been on the trot all afternoon.
17.
trot out, Informal.
a.
to bring forward for inspection.
b.
to bring to the attention of; introduce; submit: He trots out his old jokes at every party.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English trotten < Middle French troter < Germanic; akin to Old High German trottōn to tread, whence Middle High German trotten to run; (noun) Middle English < Middle French, derivative of troter
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English trotten < Middle French troter < Germanic; akin to Old High German trottōn to tread, whence Middle High German trotten to run; (noun) Middle English < Middle French, derivative of troter
Related forms
un·trot·ted, adjective
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trot (trɒt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , trots, trotting, trotted | |
| 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 weighted line that carries the baited hook just above the bottom |
| —n | |
| 3. | jog trot rising trot See also sitting trot a gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk, in which diagonally opposite legs come down together |
| 4. | a steady brisk pace |
| 5. | (in harness racing) a race for horses that have been trained to trot fast |
| 6. | angling |
| a. one of the short lines attached to a trotline | |
| b. the trotline | |
| 7. | informal (Austral), (NZ) a run of luck: a good trot |
| 8. | chiefly (Brit) a small child; tot |
| 9. | slang (US) a student's crib |
| 10. | informal on the trot |
| a. one after the other: to read two books on the trot | |
| b. busy, esp on one's feet | |
| 11. | informal the trots |
| a. diarrhoea | |
| b. (NZ) trotting races | |
| [C13: from Old French trot, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German trotten to run] | |
| Trot (trɒt) | |
| —n | |
| informal a follower of Trotsky; Trotskyist | |
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Word Origin & History
trot
c.1300, from O.Fr. trot (12c.), from troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton (cf. O.H.G. trotton "to tread"), from a variant of the Gmc. base of tread (q.v.). The verb is attested in English from mid-14c. Italian trottare, Sp. trotar also are borrowed from Gmc. To
trot (something) out originally (1838) was in ref. to horses; fig. sense of "produce and display for admiration" is slang first recorded 1845. Trotter "foot of a quadruped" is first recorded 1520s. The trots "diarrhea" is recorded from 1808 (cf. the runs).
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Example sentences
Tobacco companies raised doubt by trotting out bought-and-paid-for experts who cherry-picked data.
In fact harmless little me wrote a post on this previously trotting out some of the rubbish that gets brought up.
Because there are two types of horses, there are two kinds of harness racing: trotting or pacing.
For the sharp-penned and quick-witted in those days the globe was there for trotting.
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