trot

trot¹ [trɔt US tra:t] v past tense and past participle trotted present participle trotting

[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: troter]

1.)

if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg

→↑canter, gallop ↑gallop

2.) [I always + adverb/preposition]

if a person or animal trots, they run fairly slowly, taking short regular steps

▪ She came trotting down the steps from the library.

3.) [I always + adverb/preposition] [i]informal

to walk or go somewhere, especially fairly quickly

▪ He trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later, holding a parcel.

trot out [trot sth<=>out] phr v

to give opinions, excuses, reasons etc that you have used too many times and that do not seem sincere

▪ Steve trotted out the same old excuses.

trot ²

trot² n

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1¦(horse)¦

2 on the trot

3¦(slow run)¦

4¦(students' answers)¦

5 the trots

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1.) ¦(HORSE)¦

a) [singular]

the movement of a horse at trotting speed

▪ Our horses slowed to a trot.

b)

a ride on a horse at trotting speed

2.) on the trotBrE informal

a) one directly following another

▪ The class has been cancelled three weeks on the trot now.

b) busy doing something

= on the go

▪ I've been on the trot all day.

3.) ¦(SLOW RUN)¦ [singular]

a fairly slow way of running in which you take short regular steps

▪ She broke into a trot (=started running slowly) and hurried on ahead of us.

4.) ¦(STUDENTS' ANSWERS)¦ AmE

a book of notes or answers used by students, especially to cheat in tests

= ↑crib

5.) the trots informal ↑diarrhoea