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Trot   /trɑt/   Listen
Trot

noun
1.
A slow pace of running.  Synonyms: jog, lope.
2.
Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution.  Synonyms: Trotskyist, Trotskyite.
3.
A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly).  Synonyms: crib, pony.
4.
A gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together.
verb
(past & past part. trotted; pres. part. trotting)
1.
Run at a moderately swift pace.  Synonyms: clip, jog.
2.
Ride at a trot.
3.
Cause to trot.



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"Trot" Quotes from Famous Books



... a little trot south away; and by then the sun was up he was without the bounds of Upmeads; albeit in the land thereabout dwelt none who were not friends to King Peter and his sons: and that was well, for now were folk stirring and were ...
— The Well at the World's End • William Morris
... Count Von Altenburg was tranquilly pursuing his route in that sober jog-trot way in which a man travels toward matrimony when his friends have taken all the trouble and uncertainty of courtship off his hands, and a bride is waiting for him, as certainly as a dinner at the end of his journey. He had encountered at Wurtzburg a youthful ...
— Humorous Ghost Stories • Dorothy Scarborough
... are a gentleman," said he, "should you ever wish to take a journey on a horse of your own, follow my advice. Before you start, merely give your horse a couple of handfuls of corn, and a little water—somewhat under a quart. Then you may walk and trot for about ten miles till you come to some nice inn, where you see your horse led into a nice stall, telling the ostler not to feed him till you come. If the ostler happens to have a dog, say what a nice one it is; if he ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books - Vol. II: Fiction • Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
... most delightful ride. The horses went very quietly, but the boys found, to their surprise, that they would not trot, their pace being a loose, easy canter. The last five miles of the distance were not so enjoyable to the party in the carriage, for the road had now become a mere track, broken in many places into ruts, into which the most careful driving of Mr. Thompson could not prevent the wheels going with ...
— On the Pampas • G. A. Henty
... no use to call after the robber. Once Bobby did so, but the dog only turned his head to look at him, and then began to trot faster than ever. Bobby's short legs did not make rapid progress. Soon he began to feel dreadfully tired. Up the lane, out on the highroad, up another side road, and finally through some big iron gates towards an old red-brick ...
— 'Me and Nobbles' • Amy Le Feuvre


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