About The Word Trot
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Trot
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What's The Definition Of Trot?
[n] a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
[n] a slow pace of running [n] a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [n] radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution [v] run at a moderately swift pace [v] cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home" [v] ride at a trot Synonyms | Synonyms for Trot: clip | crib | jog | jog | lope | pony | Trotskyist | Trotskyite Related Terms | Find terms related to Trot: See Also | dogtrot | gait | interlingual rendition | locomotion | radical | rendering | ride horseback | rising trot | run | sitting trot | translation | travel | version | walk Trot In Webster's Dictionary \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trotting}.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
tread. See {Tread}.]
1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
ride or drive at a trot. See {Trot}, n.
2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
\Trot\, v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. {To trot out}, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.] \Trot\, n. [F. See {Trot}, v. i.] 1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. ``The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot.'' --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). 2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying. 3. One who trots; a child; a woman. An old trot with ne'er a tooth. --Shak. |
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