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trot
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As a noun, trot means a gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together). As a verb, it means move along briskly.
Meanings of trot
19 meaningsnoun
chiefly of horsesA gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
A brisk journey or progression.
“We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.”
“In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4.”
A toddler.
danceA moderately rapid dance.
AustraliaNew Zealandwith "good""bad"A run of luck or fortune.
“He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.”
informalas 'the trots'Diarrhoea.
“He's got a bad case of the trots and has to keep running off to the toilet.”
A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolutionperson
Similar: Trotskyite, Trotskyist
Older and rare meanings (3)
archaicdisparagingAn ugly old woman, a hag.
obsoleteA young animal.
AustraliaobsoleteA succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
Clipping of Trotskyist.
verb
To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
“I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.”
“The dog trotted along obediently by his master's side.”
of a horseTo move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
Older and rare meanings (1)
UKslangarchaicTo bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).