Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense trots, present participle trotting, past tense, past participle trotted
1. verb
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. [VERB preposition/adverb]
They trotted along behind him. [VERB preposition/adverb]
A small shabby man was trotting beside Bardi trying to get his attention. [VERB]
Synonyms: run, jog, scamper, lope More Synonyms of trot
Trot is also a noun.
He walked briskly, but without breaking into a trot.
2. verb
When an animal such as a horse trots, it moves fairly fast, taking quick small steps. You can also say that the rider of the animal is trotting.
Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting. [VERB]
Pete got on his horse and started trotting across the field. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Trot is also a noun.
As they started up again, the horse broke into a brisk trot.
3.
See on the trot
Phrasal verbs:
See trot out
More Synonyms of trot
trot in British English
(trɒt)
verbWord forms: trots, trotting or trotted
1.
to move or cause to move at a trot
2. angling
to fish (a fast-moving stream or river) by using a float and weighted line that carries the baited hook just above the bottom
noun
3.
a gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk, in which diagonally opposite legs come down together
See also jog trot, rising trot, sitting trot
4.
a steady brisk pace
5.
(in harness racing) a race for horses that have been trained to trot fast
6. angling
a.
one of the short lines attached to a trotline
b.
the trotline
7. Australian and New Zealand informal
a run of luck
a good trot
8. mainly British
a small child; tot
9. US slang
a student's crib
10. on the trot
11. the trots
Word origin
C13: from Old French trot, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German trotten to run
Trot in British English
(trɒt)
noun
informal
a follower of Trotsky; Trotskyist
trot in American English
(trɑt)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈtrotted or ˈtrotting
1.
to move, ride, drive, run, or go at a trot
2.
to move quickly; hurry; run
verb transitive
3.
to cause to go at a trot
noun
4.
a gait, as of a horse, in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are lifted at the same time
5.
a jogging gait of a person, between a walk and a run
6.
the sound of a trotting horse
7.
trotline
8.
a horse race for trotters
9. US, Slang
pony (sense 3)
10. Archaic
an old woman
a contemptuous term
Idioms:
the trots
trot out
Word origin
ME trotten < OFr troter < OHG trottōn, to tread: for IE base see tread
More idioms containing
trot
on the trot
Examples of 'trot' in a sentence
trot
In equine terms, the pace is somewhere between a walk and a trot.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We again trotted out the pitiful story of the horses.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Half the school turned out to watch as the horse trotted up.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Find yourself a pony and trot around with the one in the headscarf.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Did they just trot up and offer their services?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The horse is then walked and trotted up in hand.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
Suddenly she heard the gentle trot of feet behind her.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Fellow walkers always double take when they see him trotting along with the dogs.
The Sun (2015)
But mainly because we docs have a new line to trot out.
The Sun (2010)
Soon after it got back up again and trotted off.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At first the animal is walked and trotted in a straight line and then worked on a circle.
Eccles, Lesley Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)
But we switched him to hurdles and he won 18 races on the trot.
The Sun (2015)
Two joggers trot past, one shouting across from the bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Steel goaded the horse into a trot and rode along to the where Williams led the column.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
The Sheffield side lost six on the trot and only just escaped the drop.
The Sun (2008)
If he did say anything, it was to trot out one excuse after another.
The Sun (2011)
Over the past few days, successive players have trotted out the line that they are at their best in adversity.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We visited one site on horseback, trotting along deserted coastlines before cutting inland and following a rough trail winding between the salt mines.
The Sun (2015)
First we'd have a trotting race, then another one going a fair bit faster.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
He fought an election campaign in the London boroughs by trotting behind huskies across the snows of northern Norway.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He found that trotting was not so easy as walking, and the faster the pony trotted, the less easy it was.
Frances Hodgson Burnett Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886)
Word lists with
trot
Horse gaits
In other languages
trot
British English: trot /trɒt/ VERB
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
Arabic: يُهَرْوِلُ
Brazilian Portuguese: correr devagar
Chinese: 小跑
Croatian: kaskati
Czech: klusat
Danish: trave
Dutch: draven
European Spanish: trotar
Finnish: juosta ravia
French: trotter
German: traben
Greek: τριποδίζω
Italian: trottare
Japanese: 速足で駆ける
Korean: 뛰다시피 걷다
Norwegian: trave
Polish: pokłusować
European Portuguese: correr devagar
Romanian: a umbla repede și cu pași mărunți
Russian: бежать рысью
Latin American Spanish: trotar
Swedish: trava häst
Thai: วิ่งเหยาะๆ
Turkish: tırıs gitmek
Ukrainian: швидко йти
Vietnamese: chạy nước kiệu
All related terms of 'trot'
bad trot
a period of ill fortune
fox trot
a slow gait in which a horse moves its forelegs in a trot and its hind legs in a long-striding pace
jog trot
an easy bouncy gait , esp of a horse, midway between a walk and a trot
trot out
If you say that a person trots out old ideas or information, you are criticizing him or her for repeating them in a way that is not new or interesting.
globe-trot
If someone spends their time globe-trotting , they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world.
rising trot
a horse's trot in which the rider rises from the saddle every second beat
turkey trot
an early ragtime one-step , popular in the period of World War I
sitting trot
a horse's trot during which the rider sits still in the saddle
on the trot
If something happens several times on the trot , it happens that number of times without a break .
Chinese translation of 'trot'
trot
(trɔt)
n(s)
[of person]小步快跑 (xiǎo bù kuài pǎo)
[of horse]小跑 (xiǎopǎo)
vi
[horse, person]小步快跑 (xiǎo bù kuài pǎo)
on the trot (Brit, inf, = in succession) 一个(個)接一个(個)地 (yī gè jiē yī gè de)
(verb)
Definition
(of a person) to move fairly quickly, with small quick steps
I trotted down the steps and out to the shed.
Synonyms
run
I excused myself and ran back to the telephone.
jog
She could scarcely jog around the block that first day.
scamper
The flash sent the foxes scampering away.
lope
He was loping across the sand towards me.
go briskly
canter
The competitors cantered into the arena.
(noun)
Definition
a steady brisk pace
He walked briskly, but without breaking into a trot.
Synonyms
run
a six mile run
jog
We went for another early morning jog.
lope
brisk pace
canter
He set off at a canter.
idiom
See on the trot
phrasal verb
See trot something out
Additional synonyms
in the sense of canter
Definition
(of a horse) to move at a canter
The competitors cantered into the arena.
Synonyms
jog,
lope
in the sense of canter
Definition
a gait of horses that is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop
He set off at a canter.
Synonyms
jog,
lope,
easy gait,
dogtrot
in the sense of jog
Definition
to run at a gentle pace for exercise
She could scarcely jog around the block that first day.