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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. us / trɑːt / uk / trɒt / -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.
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.
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.
The trot is a two-beat diagonal horse gait where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It has a wide variation in possible speeds, but averages about 13 kilometres per hour (8.1 mph). A very slow trot is sometimes referred to as a jog.
Trot is not easily defined, and it is different from strictly traditional music such as folk songs. It is a music genre unique to Korea that was hugely popular in the past. Early Trot used its own scale and had a very unique sound.
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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.
