trot

¹trot

noun \ˈträt\

Definition of TROT

1

a (1) : a moderately fast gait of a quadruped (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

: an old woman

3

: a literal translation of a foreign text

4

plural : diarrhea —used with the

Origin of TROT

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: 14th century

Other Equestrian Terms

canter, cantle, curry, farrier, hunter, paddock, router, skirt, tack

Rhymes with TROT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht

²trot

verb

trot·tedtrot·ting

Definition of TROT

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

Examples of TROT

1. A horse trotted past us.
2. The batter trotted around the bases after hitting a home run.
3. She trotted off to help.
4. The little boy trotted along after his mother.

First Known Use of TROT

14th century

Related to TROT

Synonyms

dash, gallop, jog, scamper, sprint, trip, run

Antonyms

crawl, creep, poke

Related Words

bound, canter, leap, lope, shag, skip, spring; barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, course, foot (it), hare, hasten, hie, hoof (it), hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, leg (it), pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, rush, rustle, shoot, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom; nip, patter, scoot, scurry, scuttle, step (along)

Near Antonyms

amble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, stroll; crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; lumber, plod, trudge; hobble, limp

³trot

noun

Definition of TROT

: trotline; also : one of the short lines with hooks that are attached to a trotline at intervals

First Known Use of TROT

1883

Trot

noun \ˈträt\

Definition of TROT

: an adherent of Trotskyism : Trotskyist, Trotskyite

First Known Use of TROT

1962

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism