v. & n.
--v. (trotted, trotting)
1. intr. (of a person) run at a moderate pace esp. with short strides.
2 intr. (of a horse) proceed at a steady pace faster than a walk lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately.
3 intr. colloq. walk or go.
4 tr. cause (a horse or person) to trot.
5 tr. traverse (a distance) at a trot.
--n.
1. the action or exercise of trotting (proceed at a trot; went for a trot).
2 (the trots) sl. an attack of diarrhoea.
3 a brisk steady movement or occupation.
4 (in pl.) Austral. colloq. a trotting-races. b a meeting for these.
Phrases and idioms:
on the trot colloq.
1. continually busy (kept them on the trot).
2 in succession (five weeks on the trot).
trot out
1. cause (a horse) to trot to show his paces.
2 produce or introduce (as if) for inspection and approval, esp. tediously or repeatedly.
Etymology: ME f. OF troter f. Rmc & med.L trottare, of Gmc orig.