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noun

Trot n.

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."

Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

One who trots; a child; a woman. "An old trot with ne'er a tooth."

verb

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 v. i. (past & past part. trotted; pres. part. trotting)

To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry. "He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night."

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"Trot" Quotes from Famous Books

... Fang rose, tried to shake the rope from his neck, and when he found that he could not do so, got up and started on a trot toward the mountains. ...

— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor

... the salon, The wine, added to Sonetchka's presence and gaiety, had at once made me forget all about the unfortunate end of the mazurka. I kept executing the most splendid feats with my legs—now imitating a horse as he throws out his hoofs in the trot, now stamping like a sheep infuriated at a dog, and all the while laughing ...

— Childhood • Leo Tolstoy

... worse than a batsman hurrying out at a furtive trot, as if he were going to pawn his bat. When your turn comes to go in, take care to be just within the regulation two minutes, but school yourself to emerge from the pavilion at a leisurely stride with more than a suspicion of swagger in it. The ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920 • Various

... there came across the yard a loud and impatient voice. "Here, Bill, confound you, come and take this horse. Don't you hear me, you idiot? You infernal niggers are getting to be so no-account that the last one of you ought to be driven off the place. Trot, confound you. Here, take this horse to the stable and feed him. Where is the Major? In the office? The devil ...

— An Arkansas Planter • Opie Percival Read

... up the 'phone, "trot around to the Casino and get a lower box for to-night, while I find a florist's and order an eight-foot ...

— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford

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