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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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Trot out
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noun
Verb phrase8.
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.
EXPANDbrisk, 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 out | |
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| informal (tr, adverb) to bring forward, as for approbation or admiration, esp repeatedly: he trots out the same excuses every time | |
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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
EXPAND 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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Idioms & Phrases
trot out
Bring out and show for inspection and admiration, as in He trotted out all his old war medals. This expression alludes to leading out a horse to show off its various paces, including the trot. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]
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