trot
Meanings
noun
- A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
- A brisk journey or progression.
- A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
- A toddler.
- A moderately rapid dance.
- A young animal.
- An ugly old woman, a hag.
- A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
- A run of luck or fortune.
- Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
- Diarrhoea.
verb
- To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
- To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
- To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
- To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.
noun
- A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
noun
- Alternative form of Trot (“Trotskyist”).
noun
- A Trotskyite.
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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.
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