trot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɑt/
ipa: /tɹɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: trots
Etymology: From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of trade and tread.
Senses: examples: text: Waziri’s warriors marched at a rapid trot through the jungle in the direction of the village.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 133:
glosses: A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
examples: text: We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.
text: In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4.
glosses: A brisk journey or progression.
examples: text: Dogs have a variety of gaits. Most dogs have the walk, trot, pace, and gallop.
ref: 2000, Margaret H. Bonham, Introduction to: Dog Agility, page 14:
text: The toelt is comfortable for the rider because the amplitude of the dorsoventral displacement is lower than at the trot.[…]The slow trot is a two-beat symmetric diagonal gait. Among the normal variations of the trot of saddle horses, the speed of the gait increases from collected to extended trot.
ref: 2008, Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor, Equine Exercise Physiology: The Science of Exercise in the Athletic Horse, Elsevier, page 154:
text: To assume the correct position for the posting trot, first walk, with the body inclined forward in a posting position. Then put the horse into a slow or sitting trot at six miles an hour. Do not post.
ref: 2009, Gordon Wright, George H. Morris, Learning To Ride, Hunt, And Show, page 65:
glosses: A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
raw_tags: of horses
examples: 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, 1869, The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume V: The Newcomes, Volume I, page 123,
[…] but Ethel romped with the little children — the rosy little trots — and took them on her knees, and told them a thousand stories.
glosses: A toddler.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A moderately rapid dance.
glosses: A young animal.
glosses: An ugly old woman, a hag.
glosses: A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
examples: text: He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.
text: It was to be a hugely special occasion, for apart from the picture shows at the Majestic, there was usually nothing at all going on in Sandspit to make anyone think they were on a good trot living there.
ref: 1994, Noel Virtue, Sandspit Crossing, page 34:
text: Should he or she be having a bad trot, the exchange rate will be higher than normal.
ref: 2004, John Mosig, Ric Fallu, Australian Fish Farmer: A Practical Guide to Aquaculture, 2nd edition, page 21:
glosses: A run of luck or fortune.
raw_tags: with "good" or "bad"
qualifier: among students
glosses: Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
synonyms: word: horse
extra: illegitimate study aid
examples: text: He's got a bad case of the trots and has to keep running off to the toilet.
glosses: Diarrhoea.
raw_tags: as 'the trots'
Synonyms: sense: ugly old woman
word: old woman
sense: gait of a person faster than a walk
word: jog
Derived terms: bad trot
foxtrot
globe-trot
jogtrot
on the trot
rough trot
swing trot
trotter
turkey trot