TROT


Meaning of TROT in English

[noun] - a way in which a four-legged animal moves which is faster than walking and which involves a front leg and the back leg on the opposite side moving togetherHe climbed onto his horse and set off at a relaxed trot down the lane. [U]Have we got time for another trot (= ride) down the road before lunch? [C](figurative) It was clear from a quick trot through (= examination of) the sales figures that the company was not doing as well as it claimed. [C]A trot is also a slow run by a human.The team warmed up for the match with a trot around the pitch.If you do things on the trot you do them directly after each other without pausing.She worked 30 hours on the trot to get the job finished on time.If you have been on the trot you have been very busy for a long time.I've been on the trot all day and I'm absolutely exhausted!

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.