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Trot /trot/ (informal; derogatory) noun and adjective Short for Trotskyist or Trotskyite trot1 /trot/ noun- A pace between walking and running (of a horse, with legs moving together diagonally)
- An act or spell of trotting
- Continual activity in moving about
- A toddling child (informal)
- A trotline (angling)
- Any of the single lines attached to a trotline
- A crib, literal translation (US sl)
intransitive verb (trottˈing; trottˈed)- To go, ride or drive at a trot
- To jog
- To bustle about
- To fish using a baited hook which travels downstream just above the bottom
transitive verb- To cause to trot
- To conduct around
- To bring out for exhibition
- To draw out so as to make a butt of (usu with out)
- To jog on one's knee
- To trot upon
- To execute at a trot
ORIGIN: OFr trot (noun), troter (verb); perh Gmc; cf OHGer trottōn, Eng tread trottˈer noun - A person or thing that trots
- A horse trained to trot in harness racing
- A foot, esp of a sheep or pig
trottˈing noun - The action of the verb
- Harness racing
trotˈline noun (angling) A long line across a waterway to which shorter lines with baited hooks are attached on the trot (informal) - In succession, without a break
- Busy, bustling about
the trots (slang) Diarrhoea trot out - To exhibit the paces of
- To bring forward, adduce, produce for show, esp repeatedly or without much thought or effort
- To go out with, court (archaic)
trot2 /trot/ (Shakespeare) noun An old woman, a crone ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr trote |