trot
1 of 4verb
ˈträt 
trotted; trotting
intransitive verb
1
: to ride, drive, or proceed at a trot
the fox trotted over the knoll
2
: to proceed briskly : hurry
transitive verb
1
: to cause to go at a trot
2
: to traverse at a trot
trot
2 of 4noun (1)
1
a(1)
: a moderately fast gait of a quadruped (such as a horse) in which the legs move in diagonal pairs
(2)
: a jogging gait of a human that falls between a walk and a run
b
: a ride on horseback
2
trots plural : diarrhea —used with the
3
: an old woman
4
: a literal translation of a foreign text
trot
3 of 4noun (2)
: trotline
also : one of the short lines with hooks that are attached to a trotline at intervals
Trot
4 of 4noun (3)
ˈträt
: an adherent of Trotskyism : trotskyist, trotskyite
Synonyms
Verb
- dash
- gallop
- jog
- run
- scamper
- sprint
- trip
Noun (1)
- beldam
- beldame
- carline [chiefly Scottish]
- carlin
- crone
- hag
- hellcat
- witch
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Example Sentences
Verb A horse trotted past us. The batter trotted around the bases after hitting a home run. She trotted off to help. The little boy trotted along after his mother.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trottōn to tread, Old English tredan
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Noun (2)
1883, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1962, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing trot
Kids Definition
trot 1 of 2
noun
ˈträt
1
: a gait of an animal with four feet that is faster than walking but slower than galloping and in which a front foot and the opposite hind foot move as a pair
2
: a human jogging pace between a walk and a run
trot
2 of 2verb
trotted; trotting
1
: to ride, drive, go, or cause to go at a trot
A horse trotted by.
2
: to go along quickly : hurry
He trotted off to school.
trotting
verb
1
as in jogging
to go at a pace faster than a walk had to trot to keep up with the tour guide's quick pace trotted around the bases after hitting a home run Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- jogging
- running
- galloping
- sprinting
- racing
- hurrying
- dashing
- skipping
- scampering
- rushing
- leaping
- speeding
- tripping
- scooting
- scurrying
- zipping
- bounding
- loping
- cantering
- hustling
- springing
- haring
- bowling
- humping
- zooming
- blazing
- shagging
- tearing
- barreling
- hying
- scuttling
- careening
- bolting
- coursing
- buzzing
- whirling
- blasting
- hurling
- hurtling
- whisking
- bustling
- breezing
- rocketing
- hastening
- blowing
- ripping
- rustling
- jetting
- belting
- shooting
- ramming
- pelting
- nipping
- barrelling
- pattering
- hieing
- cannonballing
- bombing
- hotfooting (it)
- legging (it)
- hoofing (it)
- footing (it)
- stepping (along)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- strolling
- sauntering
- ambling
- shuffling
- dragging
- shambling
- crawling
- creeping
- lingering
- poking
- trudging
- dawdling
- lagging
- loitering
- plodding
- dallying
- limping
- hobbling
- lumbering
- tarrying
- dillydallying
2
as in racing
to proceed or move quickly now trot along and get washed up for supper Synonyms & Similar Words
- racing
- hurrying
- scurrying
- traveling
- flying
- rushing
- driving
- speeding
- jumping
- chasing
- zipping
- running
- scooting
- travelling
- darting
- stepping
- buzzing
- dashing
- jogging
- blowing
- galloping
- zooming
- scuttling
- blasting
- tearing
- bolting
- bowling
- whirling
- hustling
- breezing
- blazing
- ripping
- shooting
- haring
- careering
- humping
- barreling
- ramming
- hurling
- hying
- rustling
- whisking
- careening
- coursing
- hurtling
- motoring
- nipping
- bustling
- hastening
- rocketing
- jetting
- belting
- bundling
- pelting
- sprinting
- barrelling
- scampering
- flitting
- cannonballing
- hieing
- highballing
- beating it
- scudding
- bombing
- stampeding
- whizzing
- scuffling
- making tracks
- streaking
- accelerating
- shaking a leg
- getting a move on
- stepping on it
- beetling
- cracking (on)
- hotfooting (it)
- overtaking
- outrunning
- quickening
- arrowing
- stepping out
- outpacing
- outstripping
- beelining
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- crawling
- dragging
- poking
- lingering
- strolling
- hanging (around or out)
- poking
- lagging
- sauntering
- dawdling
- shuffling
- ambling
- loitering
- plodding
- dallying
- lumbering
- decelerating
- tarrying
- dillydallying
- slowing (down or up)