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trot I. \ˈträt, usu -äd.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from troter to trot 1. a. (1) : a moderately fast gait of a horse or other quadruped in which the legs move in diagonal pairs — compare pace 5b (2) : a gait of a man or other biped that falls between a walk and a run in speed and action : a jogging pace (as of one hurrying); also : brisk movement or activity < tasks that kept him on the trot all day > (3) : an elastic running dance step in moderate tempo; also : a dance featuring such a step b. : a journey or ride on horseback < pleasant to go for a trot on a fresh summer morning > c. : trotting race < a mile trot for three-year-olds > d. : the sound of a trotting animal 2. a. : a small child b. : an old woman < one of the sourest trots in the village > 3. : pony 4 4. trots plural but singular or plural in construction : diarrhea — not often in polite use II. verb (trotted ; trotted ; trotting ; trots) Etymology: Middle English trotten, from Middle French troter, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trottōn to tread, Middle High German trotten to run, Old English tredan to tread — more at tread intransitive verb 1. : to ride, drive, or proceed at a trot < the fox trotted over the knoll > < trotting behind a pair of matched bays > 2. : to move or proceed briskly : jog, hurry < keep him trotting > < the toddler trotted after his father > transitive verb 1. a. : to ride, drive, or cause to go at a trot < trotting the filly toward home > b. : to traverse at a trot < loved to trot the hills and valleys > 2. : to draw (one) out so as to make sport of : subject to ridicule • - trot in double harness III. noun (-s) Etymology: short for trotline : trotline; also : one of the short lines with hooks that are attached at intervals to the main line of a trotline IV. intransitive verb : to use a trotline in fishing |