trotverb
uk/trɒt/us/trɑːt/-tt-trot verb (RUN)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] If a horse or similar animal with four legs trots, it runs at its slowest speed, using short steps in which a front leg and the back leg on the opposite side move together:
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- stampede
- torpor
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trot verb (HURRY)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] informal When people trot somewhere, they go there in a quick or busy way:
[ I + adv/prep ] mainly UK to speak or do something too quickly:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- glide
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
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Phrasal verb(s)
trotnoun
uk/trɒt/us/trɑːt/trot noun (RUN)
[ S ] the speed or movement of a horse or similar animal when it trots:
[ S ] a slow run by a human:
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- stampede
- torpor
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trot noun (ILLNESS)
diarrhoea (= a condition in which the contents of the bowels are emptied too often):
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Digestive disorders
- achalasia
- acid reflux
- amebic dysentery
- amoebic dysentery
- bellyache
- bilious
- bloat
- bowel incontinence
- cholera
- colic
- dyspeptic
- gastritis
- ileitis
- incontinence
- irritable bowel syndrome
- merycism
- mesenteric ischaemia
- mesenteric panniculitis
- occlusion
- upset
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