TROT


Meaning of TROT in English

I. trot 1 /trɒt $ trɑːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle trotted , present participle trotting )

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: troter ]

1 . [intransitive] if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg ⇨ canter , gallop

2 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a person or animal trots, they run fairly slowly, taking short regular steps:

She came trotting down the steps from the library.

3 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to walk or go somewhere, especially fairly quickly:

He trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later, holding a parcel.

trot something ↔ out phrasal verb informal

to give opinions, excuses, reasons etc that you have used too many times and that do not seem sincere:

Steve trotted out the same old excuses.

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THESAURUS

■ animals running

▪ trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:

A little dog was trotting behind her.

▪ gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:

The horse galloped off across the field.

▪ bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:

Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

II. trot 2 BrE AmE noun

1 . HORSE

a) [singular] the movement of a horse at trotting speed:

Our horses slowed to a trot.

b) [countable] a ride on a horse at trotting speed

2 . on the trot British English informal

a) one directly following another:

The class has been cancelled three weeks on the trot now.

b) busy doing something SYN on the go :

I’ve been on the trot all day.

3 . SLOW RUN [singular] a fairly slow way of running in which you take short regular steps:

She broke into a trot (=started running slowly) and hurried on ahead of us.

4 . STUDENTS’ ANSWERS [countable] American English a book of notes or answers used by students, especially to cheat in tests SYN crib

5 . the trots informal ↑ diarrhoea

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.