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Definition of dogtrot in English: dogtrotnoun ˈdɒɡtrɒtˈdɑɡtrɑt 1in singular A gentle easy trot. Synonyms run, jogtrot, dogtrot, trot, lope 2North American (in the southern US) an open-ended passage that runs through the centre of a house, flanked by two enclosed living spaces.
verbdogtrots, dogtrotted, dogtrotting ˈdɒɡtrɒtˈdɑɡtrɑt [no object]Move at a dogtrot. they dogtrotted back up the path Example sentencesExamples - There wasn't a single car on the road as I dogtrotted all the way to town.
- Likable, intelligent, usually tired, he dogtrots through a delicate and strategic job.
- The man called Coach dogtrots down the high school corridors, his 200 pounds balanced lightly on plastic hips, his eyes pecking at teachers, students, janitors, monitors as if they are tacklers to be run over.
- Neither the conductor nor Handel could sustain interest for long: Mr. Woodside invariably lapsed into a dogtrotting tempo that made for an extremely long evening.
Synonyms sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind, flash, double Definition of dogtrot in US English: dogtrotnounˈdɑɡtrɑtˈdäɡträt 1in singular A gentle easy trot. Synonyms run, jogtrot, dogtrot, trot, lope 2North American (in the southern US) an open-ended passage that runs through the center of a house, flanked by two enclosed living spaces.
verbˈdɑɡtrɑtˈdäɡträt [no object]Move at a dogtrot. they dogtrotted back up the path Example sentencesExamples - Neither the conductor nor Handel could sustain interest for long: Mr. Woodside invariably lapsed into a dogtrotting tempo that made for an extremely long evening.
- There wasn't a single car on the road as I dogtrotted all the way to town.
- Likable, intelligent, usually tired, he dogtrots through a delicate and strategic job.
- The man called Coach dogtrots down the high school corridors, his 200 pounds balanced lightly on plastic hips, his eyes pecking at teachers, students, janitors, monitors as if they are tacklers to be run over.
Synonyms sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind, flash, double |