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trot

1  [trot] ,verb, trot⋅ted, trot⋅ting, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
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.
–noun
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.
11. Harness Racing. a race for trotters.
12. brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been on the trot all afternoon.
13. Disparaging. an old woman.
14. Slang. a literal translation used illicitly in doing schoolwork; crib; pony.
15. the trots, Informal. diarrhea.
16. Informal. a toddling child.
—Verb phrase
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.) ME trotten < MF troter < Gmc; akin to OHG trottōn to tread, whence MHG trotten to run; (n.) ME < MF, deriv. of troter

trot

2  [trot] ,
–noun
1. a trotline.
2. a short line with hooks, attached to the trotline.
Origin:
1880–85; short for trotline
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po·ny   (pō'nē)   
n.   pl. po·nies

  1. Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony.

    1. Informal A racehorse.

    2. Sports A polo horse.

  3. Something small for its kind, especially a small glass for beer or liqueur.

  4. A word-for-word translation of a foreign language text, especially one used secretly by students as an aid in studying or test-taking. Also called crib, trot.

  5. Chiefly British The sum of 25 pounds.

tr. & intr.v.   po·nied, po·ny·ing, po·nies
To study with the aid of a pony: pony a lesson; ponied all night before the exam.
Phrasal Verb(s):
pony up Slang To pay (money owed or due).

[Probably from obsolete French poulenet, diminutive of poulain, colt, from Late Latin pullāmen, young of an animal, from Latin pullus; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
trot   (trŏt)   
n.  

    1. 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.

    2. A ride on a horse at this pace.

  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. Archaic An old woman; a crone.

v.   trot·ted, trot·ting, trots

v.   intr.

  1. To go or move at a trot.

  2. To proceed rapidly; hurry.

v.   tr.
To cause to move at a trot.
Phrasal Verb(s):
trot out Informal To bring out and show for inspection or admiration: "His novel trots out an Irish president named Finn" (Charles E. Claffey).

[Middle English, from Old French, from troter, to trot, of Germanic origin.]
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Word Origin & History

trot  (n.)
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 Eng. from 1362. It. 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 1522. The trots "diarrhea" is recorded from 1808 (cf. the runs).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

trot

In addition to the idiom beginning with trot, also see hot to trot.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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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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