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verb | noun trottrot1 /trɑt/ ●○○ verb (trotted, trotting) ETYMOLOGYtrot1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French troter VERB TABLEtrot |
Present | I, you, we, they | trot | | he, she, it | trots | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trotted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trotted | | he, she, it | has trotted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trotted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will trot | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trotted |
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Present | I | am trotting | | he, she, it | is trotting | | you, we, they | are trotting | Past | I, he, she, it | was trotting | | you, we, they | were trotting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trotting | | he, she, it | has been trotting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trotting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trotting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trotting |
THESAURUSmove quickly on foot► runa) to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk: If we run, we can still catch the bus. He ran for his life as bullets flew around him (=to avoid being killed).b) to move in this way as a sport or for exercise: I run every morning. ► jog to run at a slow steady speed for exercise: It takes a half an hour to jog around the lake. ► sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance: I sprinted toward the end zone and got the touchdown. ► dash to run somewhere, usually a short distance, because you are in a hurry: She dashed across the street to catch the bus. ► tear to run somewhere very fast, especially in a dangerous or careless way: The dog came tearing across the backyard at me, and I screamed. ► dart to run suddenly in a particular direction: A rabbit darted across the trail in front of us. ► race to run somewhere very quickly, especially because it is important that you get somewhere: She raced up the stairs when she heard the scream. ► bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape or because you are frightened: At the sound of the siren, the men bolted for the door. ► scurry to run quickly with small steps, especially because you are nervous or afraid: Occasionally a cockroach would scurry across the floor. ► scamper to run quickly with quick short steps. Used about children or small animals: Squirrels were scampering around the park. ► trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps. Used especially about horses and dogs: A little dog was trotting behind her. ► gallop to run very fast. Used about horses: The horse started galloping down the hill. 1[intransitive] if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly, with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg ► see thesaurus at run12[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to run fairly slowly, taking short steps: She trotted along the path to the river.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] spoken to walk or go somewhere, especially fairly quicklytrot out phrasal verb informal1trot something ↔ out to give opinions, excuses, reasons, etc. that you have used too often to seem sincere: Steve trotted out the same old excuses.2trot somebody/something ↔ out to show or present someone or something you want other people to see or notice verb | noun trottrot2 noun 1[singular] the movement of a horse at trotting speed2[singular] a fairly slow way of running, in which you take short steps3the trots [plural] informal humorous diarrhea4[countable] a ride on a horse at trotting speed |