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Trot

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Noun

1. jog, lope, trot

a slow pace of running

2. trot, trotskyist, trotskyite

radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

3. crib, pony, trot

a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

4. trot

a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

Verb

5. clip, jog, trot

run at a moderately swift pace

6. trot

ride at a trot

7. trot

cause to trot

Example Sentences:
'She trotted the horse home'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Trot

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verbWord forms: trots, trotting or 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
noun
3. 
a gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk, in which diagonally opposite legs come down together
See also jog trot, rising trot, sitting trot
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. Australian and New Zealand informal
a run of luck
a good trot
8. mainly British
a small child; tot
9. US slang
a student's crib
10.  on the trot
11.  the trots
noun
informal
a follower of Trotsky; Trotskyist

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Trot

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈtrotted or ˈtrotting
1. 
to move, ride, drive, run, or go at a trot
2. 
to move quickly; hurry; run
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to go at a trot
noun
4. 
a gait, as of a horse, in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are lifted at the same time
5. 
a jogging gait of a person, between a walk and a run
6. 
the sound of a trotting horse
7. 
trotline
8. 
a horse race for trotters
9.  US, Slang
pony (sense 3)
10.  Archaic
an old woman
a contemptuous term

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Trot

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n.
1.
a. 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.
b. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
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.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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