trot

trot
I UK [trɒt] / US [trɑt] verb
Word forms "trot":
present tense I/you/we/they trot he/she/it trots present participle trotting past tense trotted past participle trotted
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1)
a) [intransitive] if a horse or other animal trots, it moves more quickly than when walking but does not run

The grey horse came trotting gracefully across the field.

b) [intransitive/transitive] to ride on a horse that is trotting

We trotted towards the first fence.

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2) [intransitive] to walk with short quick steps
trot into/along/after etc:

He hurried off, his assistants trotting after him.

Phrasal verbs:
II UK [trɒt] / US [trɑt] noun
Word forms "trot":
singular trot plural trots
1) [singular] the speed of a horse or other animal when it moves more quickly than when walking but does not run

The horse slowed to a trot.

a) [countable] a ride on a horse that is trotting

a trot around the park

b) [singular] the speed of someone walking with short quick steps

He set off at a trot.

break into a trot (= start walking faster so that you are trotting):

When he saw us, he broke into a brisk trot.

2) trot or Trot
[countable] British informal an insulting word for someone with left-wing political ideas
3) [countable] Australian informal a period of time in which you have a particular kind of luck

Simpson hoped his bad trot was about to end.

4) the trots
[plural] informal diarrhoea
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