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noun

Trot n.

The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. "The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot."

Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

One who trots; a child; a woman. "An old trot with ne'er a tooth."

verb

Trot v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. (Slang.)

Trot v. i. (past & past part. trotted; pres. part. trotting)

To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry. "He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night."

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"Trot" Quotes from Famous Books

... He broke into a trot, and the little party ran sharply on, to the great delight of the two escaped slaves, who, as Bob had prophesied, led them straight away to the side of the river, which they reached ...

— Middy and Ensign • G. Manville Fenn

... at a round trot. Colonel Philibert, impatient to reach Beaumanoir, spurred on for a while, hardly noticing the absurd figure of his guide, whose legs stuck out like a pair of compasses beneath his tattered gown, his shaking head threatening dislodgment ...

— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby

... was ready for their departure—the bill paid, the wagon at the door, and the luggage piled into it. And Sybil and Lyon took leave of their temporary acquaintances; and Lyon handed Sybil up into her seat, climbed up after her, and started the horses at a brisk trot ...

— Cruel As The Grave • Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

... and come to a halt before starting to get a meal. As he explained, he had to get about a two-mile start on their appetites, with pancakes; and so, while the stove was yet far off from its destination, he would fire up and get things going. Then he would trot along behind and cook. While "she" (the stove) lurched into buffalo wallows and rode the swells and unrolled the smoke other stack far out across the billowy prairie, Jonas would hurry along behind and keep house. Entirely ...

— The Wrong Woman • Charles D. Stewart

... for the night, while Harry and his brother sat and smoked for a time by the fire and then turned in. At daybreak Dias rode back leading their riding mules and a baggage animal; the tent, beds, and the cooking utensils were packed up, and they rode in to the village and passed on at a trot until they overtook Maria and Jose, who had started with the other four mules when Dias rode away. At last they reached the head of the pass, and two days' journey took them to Oroya, standing on an elevated plateau some ten thousand feet above the sea, and ...

— The Treasure of the Incas • G. A. Henty

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