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- Dictionarytrot/trɒt/
verb
- 1. (with reference to a horse or other four-legged animal) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately: "the horses trotted slowly through the night"
- 2. (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps: "the child trotted across to her obediently"
noun
- 1. a trotting pace: "our horses slowed to a trot"
- 2. diarrhoea. informal
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verb. uk / trɒt / us / trɑːt / -tt- trot verb (RUN) Add to word list. [ I usually + adv/prep ] If a horse or similar animal with four legs trots, it runs at its slowest speed, using short steps in which a front leg and the back leg on the opposite side move together: trot along She was trotting along on her pony.
The meaning of TROT is to ride, drive, or proceed at a trot. How to use trot in a sentence.
noun. the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting. the sound made by an animal when trotting. the jogging gait of a human being, between a walk and a run. Harness Racing. a race for trotters. brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been on the trot all afternoon.
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.
If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps. I trotted down the steps and out to the shed. American English : trot / ˈtrɒt /
To trot is move faster than walking, but not quite at a full-out run. You might trot down the street when you hear the ice cream truck coming. People can trot — as they do when they jog or do a slow run — and so can four-legged animals, especially horses.
Definition of trot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
