trot

1 a slow pace of running [syn: jog, lope]

2 radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution [syn: Trotskyite, Trotskyist]

3 a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [syn: pony, crib]

4 a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

1 run at a moderately swift pace [syn: jog, clip]

2 ride at a trot

3 cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home" [also: trotting, trotted]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

1. a gait of horses between walk and canter, a diagonal gait, i.e., in which diagonal pairs of legs move together.
2. a gait of a person faster than a walk
3. a toddler
4. (informal)the trots: Diarrhoea/diarrhea.
5. : A moderately rapid dance.
6. A moderately common abbreviation, a mildly negative epithet for Trotskyist
7. An ugly old woman
8. (New Zeland) A run of luck or fortune.

   He's had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.

Synonyms

• An ugly old woman

  See Wikisaurus:old woman

Derived terms

• on the trot

Translations

• Ido: troto
• Russian: рысь

Verb

1. To walk rapidly.
2. In the context of "of a horse": To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• /tʁɔ/
• /tRO/

Noun

trot

1. trot

Slovene

Noun

1. drone (male bee)

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English throat.

Noun

trot

1. throat

Trot may mean:

• Trot (music), a genre of Korean pop music
• Trot (horse gait)

• A trotline
• A literal translation of a foreign text
• A mildly negative epithet for Trotskyist
• Trot (Oz), a character from the Oz books of L. Frank Baum
• Trot Nixon, Cleveland Indians outfielder
• Trot (lai), a short Old French romance

Trots may mean:

• Diarrhea

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