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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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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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trot
two-beat gait of a horse in which the feet are lifted and strike the ground in diagonal pairs-the right hind and left fore almost simultaneously; then the left hind and right fore. As the horse springs from one pair of legs to the other, twice in each stride all of its legs are off the ground at once.
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Example sentences
Set a beggar on horseback and he won't trot but gallops.
And, please, don't trot out that old lie about skewing the figures to get grants coming in.
Often the dogs would trot into the meeting and run around the table barking.
When they are hunting with their packs, wolves set out at a smooth, easy trot.
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