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verbtrotted, trotting, trots trɒt 1(with reference to a horse or other quadruped) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately. no object the horses trotted slowly through the night with object he trotted his horse forward Example sentencesExamples - By changing the relationship of these lines of influence, we can ask the horse to walk, trot, stop, back or turn and to do those things in a particular direction at a particular speed.
- I heard the sound of a horse lightly trotting, and I looked to my right to see a horse with a carriage trotting towards me.
- I waved, as my friend and fellow rider, Annie, trotted by on her horse, Chase.
- He heard the sound of a horse trotting up the hill.
- The jockeys trot their horses down the Speedway toward the starting line.
- The prince mounted his horse and trotted behind her.
- We moved off, and I walked, trotted, and cantered on a horse I had only dreamed about owning.
- But as he sat on his horse, trotting along in that seemingly endless line, he was struck by the sheer futility of war.
- Then when you want your horse to trot on the lunge, use those bigger steps and a little fuss with the whip to help him understand you want him to change gaits.
- One of the horses trots slowly over to us and I lift my daughter to pet its nose.
- The smell of horses and sweat filled the air, the men and horses walking or trotting around restlessly.
- I saw four horses trot slowly down the path to the hitching posts.
- I thought about paying to ride one of the horses, and slowly trotting down the road, until I was out of the sight of the zoo's curator, and then galloping away.
- I yelled at them, before telling my horse to trot on.
- Tamora called for the man, who trotted up on his horse.
- His sword slapped at his leg as he horse began to trot and he rode out of sight of the village to deep within the forest.
- Reaching the river, they finished their song and trotted their horses over the crossing into the town.
- They entered the open gate and started trotting the horses to warm them up.
- They saw the silhouettes of four riders off in the distance, trotting their horses as if they were at the end of a long journey and eager to reach their destination.
- With that, he urged the horse he rode to trot with the last of its strength through the large wooden doors that had opened inward toward the courtyard.
2no object, with adverbial of direction (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps. the child trotted across to her obediently Example sentencesExamples - I have to drink water constantly to keep my voice. I try to get an aisle seat, otherwise anybody who sits next to me is going to get really fed up, because I'm always trotting to the loo.
- The tall, thin volleyball player trotted quickly up the steps toward another endless hallway of oblivious dark.
- Students trot on and off campus completely oblivious to the huge potential for campus life that lies just beneath their noses.
- I shall trot along to see them next week, weather permitting, which will coincidentally be half-way through the contract.
- ‘That's better,’ he said trotting off on his toddler legs to catch up with his mother who was holding her sides to keep from laughing.
- So will I be trotting back down to Woolwich tomorrow to find out more about it?
- The mouse opened her eyes at the sound of voices and saw several people trotting down the street in apparent concern.
- Hastily, Eugene trotted up the three low steps up to her porch and went in the wooden door of her house.
- People who live on an island are bound to be wary of outsiders, since foreigners who come from overseas seem somehow more outlandish than someone simply trotting over a land boundary.
- With a nod of reassurance, I would trot off in my little blue Adidas shorts that doubled as swimming trunks, clutching fifty pence for a drink or an ice cream.
- The referee did not even bother with a preparatory yellow card and the lad was trotting towards the dressing room.
- So he simply trotted off to the deed poll office and got himself a new name - well, lots of them, actually.
- A short, plump woman came trotting out of one of the bag rooms.
- An old man came trotting up towards them, he was short and plump, red faced, his short gray hair was tucked under a bright red cap.
- I duly trotted off to bed at a reasonable hour on Friday night in anticipation of my 5am start.
- I could trot around the pitch with this mascot knight on my back.
- More funny little old men come trotting after me as I cross the floor from corner to corner.
- Steven trotted up the steps to his home, clutching a bouquet of wild flowers in his hand.
- And now two-and-a-half years later she's trotting about town with Tom.
- After a while, when she returned to shore, she would trot over to me, drop the stick down, and then shake her soaking body all over me.
Synonyms run, jog, jogtrot, dogtrot, lope scamper, scuttle, scurry, bustle - 2.1informal Go or walk briskly.
I may trot round to Portobello market for vegetables Example sentencesExamples - Jade smiled and followed him down the hall, the child trotting at a quick pace to keep up with her long strides.
- Marc trotted briskly down our drive, as I stood watching him.
- Her face became even more troubled, and she trotted off briskly towards their monument.
- Lady hesitated for a moment, watching the two in front of her with an inquisitive look before trotting off briskly to catch up.
- She trotted briskly into the ring and saluted the judge and then she started.
nounPlural trots, Plural Trots trɒt 1A trotting pace. our horses slowed to a trot Example sentencesExamples - ‘We go forth,’ he said sternly, and set the pace at a quick trot.
- He had long ago slowed to a trot, listening anxiously.
- After it finally opened up, the rider allowed the chestnut colored horse to move in a slow trot, the gait giving the horse time to relax, though not really needing it.
- Then it went into a trot, only to slow down again for the next stop.
- I slowed her to a trot and circled around to meet Dante.
- When they had all passed, she went back out on the road and continued onwards, quickening the horses pace to a trot.
- He wasn't supposed to ride her in a trot, canter or gallop.
- We rode into the forest at a slow trot, but we were silent.
- Kat walked Jazz for several minutes before increasing his pace to a trot.
- As they were going at a slow trot, he listened to the wind moving through the trees, and actually felt a sense of peace, as uneasy as he had been before.
- He had the horse going at a pace just above a trot; I guess he really wanted to get rid of me.
- The wardens must have let him through without question, for his horse was galloping and slowed to a trot only in the courtyard itself.
- Grant looked back behind their Jeep and saw Arian keeping pace at a mere trot.
- The mustang kept at a canter for a few more laps, then slowed to a trot.
- As Charcoal neared the edge of the woods, Mark leaned forward in the saddle, making her change her pace from a trot to a full-fledged gallop.
- Cantering gracefully round the outdoor school, without a halter or lead rope, her ears are pricked forward and she calmly responds to voice and arm movement commands to slow down to a trot and halt.
- Smiling broadly, she slowed to a trot and cantered when the next log came into view.
- The animal had slowed to a trot, going at its own pace when she had lost the strength to lead it.
- The next thing I knew, Sally and Bolt came galloping up behind us and passed us before she slowed him to a trot.
- I had only to trot after her horse, and wait until it slowed to a canter, then a trot, and then a walk.
Synonyms run, jogtrot, dogtrot, lope - 1.1 An act or period of trotting.
you might like an early morning trot round the crew deck Example sentencesExamples - The day starts with the early morning trots and gallops.
- We've now been assured by the owner that the horse is safe and secure and won't be making any more midnight trots out alone.
- Although Danielle tries not to play favorites, Twig definitely is her first choice for a nice early morning trot or a late summer's evening ride.
- 1.2the trotsAustralian, NZ informal Trotting races.
she was taking me to the trots Example sentencesExamples - People obviously have cable TV, they can sit at home and watch the trots, and for a lot of people that's going to be a lot more comfortable and convenient than going.
- And as soon as the last race finishes, Sky switches to the trots and dogs.
- They would rail about people who went to the trots or to the races and spent their pay packets on the horses.
- So it was that we went to the trots at Cambridge last night.
- If ever there was an industry in desperate need of rationalisation, it's the racing industry, from horses, to dogs and the trots.
2the trotsinformal Diarrhoea. Example sentencesExamples - While Wes and his mom set up the camper, I made an excuse about having the trots so I could scope out the campgrounds for babes.
- Rehydration salts - Ah, the trots, I know a lot of people who never leave home without them, so a couple of these sachets tucked away won't come in wrong.
- 'While living in Papua New Guinea as a child, my father and I got a bad case of the trots.’
- Where I come from, ‘trots’ has always been slang for diarrhea, i.e. ‘I had a terrible case of the trots this morning after all those pints last night.’
3Australian NZ informal with adjective A period of luck of a specified kind. Simpson believes his bad trot is about to end Example sentencesExamples - The only thing that motivates this Minister is when he gets three bad trots on the TV show night after night.
- Well it was a quote from Theodore Roosevelt, which I put into my wallet very early on in my career after a particularly bad trot.
- I think it helped that I played first-class cricket, it helps you to know what the players are thinking and going through if they are having a bad trot.
- I've had a good trot and once the testing server is set up at work I can transfer my programming across to it and leave my laptop at home.
- Even if it was true that he was having a bad trot, it didn't feel right.
Phrases they lost seven matches on the trot Example sentencesExamples - The horse entered the history books when it won seven Group 1 races on the trot.
- I think he also won four big Open matches on the trot once.
- He has also won seven world titles - five on the trot from 1992-and notched up almost 600 century breaks in competition.
- If the Australians fail again, it'll be their seventh straight defeat on the trot, the worst run they've endured since the late '60s.
- They, too, won their first game but have since lost four on the trot.
- The Villagers trailed 12-8 at half-time but turned it round superbly after the break in what was their fourth away match on the trot.
- It is early in the season, but Sligo have now lost five games on the trot.
- We can't get too greedy, we've gone six games undefeated, seven on the trot with the cup matches.
- We'd lost one game, not six on the trot, and we had to bounce back.
- The new system also replaces the previous system in which officers had to work seven night shifts on the trot.
Synonyms in succession, one after the other, in a row, consecutively, successively, in sequence, one behind the other 2informal Continually busy. I've been on the trot all day Example sentencesExamples - He saw the tension on my face but he had no idea that I had been on the trot all morning.
- We again went on the trot all day trying to see everything.
Phrasal Verbs Provide an explanation or piece of information that has already been used many times before. everyone trots out the old excuse Example sentencesExamples - Year in and year out the same comments are trotted out as to the pros and cons of the difficulty of the tests.
- I have two responses to this conversation and trot them out as needed.
- Many of the tired old clichés were trotted out, and the general impression was given of the big bad farmer and the little innocent bystander who was being affected by his actions.
- No doubt the same old jingoistic cliches will be trotted out to stir up the masses and justify such inhumanity.
- The old favourites are trotted out: better inter-agency working; more sharing of information; improved record-keeping; more sophisticated risk assessment.
- Twenty-one years on and the same old collection of ideas are trotted out from the business lobby.
- As in classical music, the same favourite pieces are trotted out, whilst new work and developments are for those in the know, who prefer it that way.
- According to my wife, he got a real kick out of telling the tale of his father's plunge, as I was to find out during last year's holiday season, when he trotted it out with every visitor…
- The same old clichés are trotted out, the same borrowed theories from Washington D.C. are peddled, and the same double-speak learnt from the metropolis is resorted to, even as the same policies are pursued relentlessly.
- They've got a formula and they keep trotting it out year after year.
- Instead, the debate quickly became an, ‘Our manifesto is much better than yours but I'm not telling you what's in it’ playground scrap and the tired old platitudes were trotted out.
- The President trotted the argument out yesterday and you'll be hearing it a lot more.
- Whenever the tax on alcohol or tobacco is raised, the old excuse is trotted out that it's to cover health costs and discourage people from harmful behaviour.
- And even now, just occasionally, someone from the Old School will still trot them out.
- It isn't just intellectually shoddy for him to trot this stuff out now as if these debates had never taken place - it's downright embarrassing.
- But the arguments will be trotted out again this week with the publication of the US Federal Reserve's Beige Book - the definitive guide to the overall health of the US economy.
Synonyms recite, repeat, reiterate, restate, regurgitate, churn out
Origin Middle English: from Old French trot (noun), troter (verb), from medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin. Rhymes allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht nounPlural trots, Plural Trots trɒt derogatory, informal A Trotskyist or supporter of extreme left-wing views. a band of subversive Trots he declared that the Corporation was a ‘nest of long-haired Trots’ Example sentencesExamples - Only the crustiest - and maddest - ferals and Trots do that sort of thing.
- Tanya was wearing an off the shoulder Oxfam number while Bob dazzled fellow Trots with his retro Support the Shipbuilders tee-shirt.
- I've often wondered how the Trots justify being led by someone who clearly has little sympathy for them.
- It admits that a third of its executive committee are Trots, and there does seem to be a hardline Bolshevik edge to the organisation's campaigning.
- Historicism of this kind would make a Marxist proud, and is perhaps why so many former Trots become evangelists of Technology and Globalization: the certainty and simplicity of telelogical narratives hold a strong appeal.
- In Marxist terms, the Trots have preferred feudal theocracy to bourgeois democracy which - in non-Marxist terms - is disgraceful and stupid, as a few members of the far Left are starting to realise.
- Everyone knows that Trots and fashion don't mix.
- Yet from 1941 he found the Trot temperament to be almost indistinguishable from the Stalinist one and fled that totalitarianism also.
- There still are Trots in Ireland, but if they could muster up 100,000 for their own demonstrations I'm sure they'd be happy.
- Like freshers at university, the Trots had covered their offices in anti-establishment regalia: ‘My Oath is to the People!’
- Still, he's not the only one - they all seem to be at it, but being Trots they pretend they don't enjoy it.
- Some of the Trots brushed up very nicely, I must say.
- Was he afraid of a group of Trots and Christians?
- The days of Trots taking over constituency Labour parties did Labour no good.
- I wonder who the Trots will elect to replace him.
- The Trots who worked so hard to have him elected must be spitting tacks at that sort of talk.
Definition of trot in US English: trotverbträttrɑt 1(with reference to a horse or other quadruped) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately. no object the horses trotted slowly through the night with object he trotted his horse forward Example sentencesExamples - About the most complicated part was making sure the horse would trot with a slack shank and stand square when the judge walked by.
- The pony trotted over to them and nudged her shoulder. She patted him on the nose and lifted Andrew so he could pet him.
- Several of the horses trotted after her, their hooves suddenly ceasing to make any sound as they moved.
- I noticed how the horse trotted into the stables and then the figure re-emerged alone.
- She watched as the brown stallion trotted into the yard with its two passengers.
- They walked to the house with Leena's horse trotting behind them.
- Two of Jaran's men fell almost instantly, their horses trotting nervously in circles, saddles empty.
- The other, light white horse trotted away a few paces, startled for only a moment.
- The wolf trotted over to her, lifted her hand with its snowy muzzle then turn and walked into her room.
- But still the bay colt trotted on, picking it's legs up high, head held regally in the air, nickering now and then.
- Braided black hair bounced as the horses carefully trotted over the wet grass.
- Kate's mare calmly trotted after Raz's horse as they picked their way through the gloom.
- The black stallion trotted away from the house, beckoning her to follow him.
- I saw a golden mare trotting towards me, with Luari mounted on the saddle.
- Plains stretched out in all directions as the mare trotted along gingerly, the farmers he passed not even taking note of the solitary traveler.
- He was now deep in the forest, his horse trotting along at a hypnotically steady gait.
- The horse trotted toward her, the fire blazed up, and Jill fainted.
- Gwyn slapped Path on the rump, and the filly trotted back out the doors to await her mistress' return.
- Sure enough, after ten minutes or so, hoof beats sounded, and a stately gelding mare trotted into his vision.
- He clucked his tongue and the horse trotted into a steady pace.
- 1.1no object (of a person) run at a moderate pace, typically with short steps.
Example sentencesExamples - I shall trot along to see them next week, weather permitting, which will coincidentally be half-way through the contract.
- And now two-and-a-half years later she's trotting about town with Tom.
- Steven trotted up the steps to his home, clutching a bouquet of wild flowers in his hand.
- People who live on an island are bound to be wary of outsiders, since foreigners who come from overseas seem somehow more outlandish than someone simply trotting over a land boundary.
- So he simply trotted off to the deed poll office and got himself a new name - well, lots of them, actually.
- More funny little old men come trotting after me as I cross the floor from corner to corner.
- ‘That's better,’ he said trotting off on his toddler legs to catch up with his mother who was holding her sides to keep from laughing.
- I have to drink water constantly to keep my voice. I try to get an aisle seat, otherwise anybody who sits next to me is going to get really fed up, because I'm always trotting to the loo.
- I could trot around the pitch with this mascot knight on my back.
- The referee did not even bother with a preparatory yellow card and the lad was trotting towards the dressing room.
- So will I be trotting back down to Woolwich tomorrow to find out more about it?
- A short, plump woman came trotting out of one of the bag rooms.
- An old man came trotting up towards them, he was short and plump, red faced, his short gray hair was tucked under a bright red cap.
- I duly trotted off to bed at a reasonable hour on Friday night in anticipation of my 5am start.
- Hastily, Eugene trotted up the three low steps up to her porch and went in the wooden door of her house.
- Students trot on and off campus completely oblivious to the huge potential for campus life that lies just beneath their noses.
- The tall, thin volleyball player trotted quickly up the steps toward another endless hallway of oblivious dark.
- With a nod of reassurance, I would trot off in my little blue Adidas shorts that doubled as swimming trunks, clutching fifty pence for a drink or an ice cream.
- After a while, when she returned to shore, she would trot over to me, drop the stick down, and then shake her soaking body all over me.
- The mouse opened her eyes at the sound of voices and saw several people trotting down the street in apparent concern.
Synonyms run, jog, jogtrot, dogtrot, lope - 1.2informal no object Go or walk briskly.
he trotted over to the bonfire Example sentencesExamples - Her face became even more troubled, and she trotted off briskly towards their monument.
- Jade smiled and followed him down the hall, the child trotting at a quick pace to keep up with her long strides.
- Marc trotted briskly down our drive, as I stood watching him.
- She trotted briskly into the ring and saluted the judge and then she started.
- Lady hesitated for a moment, watching the two in front of her with an inquisitive look before trotting off briskly to catch up.
nounträttrɑt 1A trotting pace. our horses slowed to a trot Example sentencesExamples - Cantering gracefully round the outdoor school, without a halter or lead rope, her ears are pricked forward and she calmly responds to voice and arm movement commands to slow down to a trot and halt.
- The mustang kept at a canter for a few more laps, then slowed to a trot.
- He wasn't supposed to ride her in a trot, canter or gallop.
- Then it went into a trot, only to slow down again for the next stop.
- ‘We go forth,’ he said sternly, and set the pace at a quick trot.
- He had the horse going at a pace just above a trot; I guess he really wanted to get rid of me.
- We rode into the forest at a slow trot, but we were silent.
- He had long ago slowed to a trot, listening anxiously.
- When they had all passed, she went back out on the road and continued onwards, quickening the horses pace to a trot.
- As they were going at a slow trot, he listened to the wind moving through the trees, and actually felt a sense of peace, as uneasy as he had been before.
- After it finally opened up, the rider allowed the chestnut colored horse to move in a slow trot, the gait giving the horse time to relax, though not really needing it.
- The animal had slowed to a trot, going at its own pace when she had lost the strength to lead it.
- Smiling broadly, she slowed to a trot and cantered when the next log came into view.
- Grant looked back behind their Jeep and saw Arian keeping pace at a mere trot.
- The wardens must have let him through without question, for his horse was galloping and slowed to a trot only in the courtyard itself.
- As Charcoal neared the edge of the woods, Mark leaned forward in the saddle, making her change her pace from a trot to a full-fledged gallop.
- Kat walked Jazz for several minutes before increasing his pace to a trot.
- I slowed her to a trot and circled around to meet Dante.
- I had only to trot after her horse, and wait until it slowed to a canter, then a trot, and then a walk.
- The next thing I knew, Sally and Bolt came galloping up behind us and passed us before she slowed him to a trot.
Synonyms run, jogtrot, dogtrot, lope 2the trotsinformal Diarrhea. Example sentencesExamples - Rehydration salts - Ah, the trots, I know a lot of people who never leave home without them, so a couple of these sachets tucked away won't come in wrong.
- 'While living in Papua New Guinea as a child, my father and I got a bad case of the trots.’
- While Wes and his mom set up the camper, I made an excuse about having the trots so I could scope out the campgrounds for babes.
- Where I come from, ‘trots’ has always been slang for diarrhea, i.e. ‘I had a terrible case of the trots this morning after all those pints last night.’
3US informal A literal translation of a foreign language text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way. adult readers who can turn to translations without being penalized for depending on trots
Phrases 1informal Continually busy. I've been on the trot all day Example sentencesExamples - We again went on the trot all day trying to see everything.
- He saw the tension on my face but he had no idea that I had been on the trot all morning.
they lost seven matches on the trot Example sentencesExamples - The Villagers trailed 12-8 at half-time but turned it round superbly after the break in what was their fourth away match on the trot.
- The horse entered the history books when it won seven Group 1 races on the trot.
- They, too, won their first game but have since lost four on the trot.
- We can't get too greedy, we've gone six games undefeated, seven on the trot with the cup matches.
- If the Australians fail again, it'll be their seventh straight defeat on the trot, the worst run they've endured since the late '60s.
- He has also won seven world titles - five on the trot from 1992-and notched up almost 600 century breaks in competition.
- We'd lost one game, not six on the trot, and we had to bounce back.
- I think he also won four big Open matches on the trot once.
- It is early in the season, but Sligo have now lost five games on the trot.
- The new system also replaces the previous system in which officers had to work seven night shifts on the trot.
Synonyms in succession, one after the other, in a row, consecutively, successively, in sequence, one behind the other
Phrasal Verbs Produce the same information, story, or explanation that has been produced many times before. everyone trots out the old excuse Example sentencesExamples - Many of the tired old clichés were trotted out, and the general impression was given of the big bad farmer and the little innocent bystander who was being affected by his actions.
- I have two responses to this conversation and trot them out as needed.
- The President trotted the argument out yesterday and you'll be hearing it a lot more.
- According to my wife, he got a real kick out of telling the tale of his father's plunge, as I was to find out during last year's holiday season, when he trotted it out with every visitor…
- Instead, the debate quickly became an, ‘Our manifesto is much better than yours but I'm not telling you what's in it’ playground scrap and the tired old platitudes were trotted out.
- The old favourites are trotted out: better inter-agency working; more sharing of information; improved record-keeping; more sophisticated risk assessment.
- As in classical music, the same favourite pieces are trotted out, whilst new work and developments are for those in the know, who prefer it that way.
- But the arguments will be trotted out again this week with the publication of the US Federal Reserve's Beige Book - the definitive guide to the overall health of the US economy.
- No doubt the same old jingoistic cliches will be trotted out to stir up the masses and justify such inhumanity.
- Whenever the tax on alcohol or tobacco is raised, the old excuse is trotted out that it's to cover health costs and discourage people from harmful behaviour.
- Year in and year out the same comments are trotted out as to the pros and cons of the difficulty of the tests.
- They've got a formula and they keep trotting it out year after year.
- Twenty-one years on and the same old collection of ideas are trotted out from the business lobby.
- It isn't just intellectually shoddy for him to trot this stuff out now as if these debates had never taken place - it's downright embarrassing.
- And even now, just occasionally, someone from the Old School will still trot them out.
- The same old clichés are trotted out, the same borrowed theories from Washington D.C. are peddled, and the same double-speak learnt from the metropolis is resorted to, even as the same policies are pursued relentlessly.
Synonyms recite, repeat, reiterate, restate, regurgitate, churn out
Origin Middle English: from Old French trot (noun), troter (verb), from medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin. |