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verb (past and past participle trot·ted, present participle trot·ting, 3rd person present singular trots) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb riding move at pace slower than cantering: to move at a rate that is faster than walking but slower than cantering, and in which diagonal pairs of feet are off the ground alternately, or cause a four-legged animal such as a horse to move in this way
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2. intransitive verb move at jogging pace: to move at a jogging pace that is faster than walking but not as fast as running
  The team trotted onto the field.
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noun (plural trots) |
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1. pace faster than walk: the forward movement of a four-legged animal, especially a horse, in which it trots
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2. riding trotting pace: a ride on a horse in which it trots
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3. jogging pace: a jogging pace that is faster than a walk but slower than a run
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4. horseracing trotters' race: a race for horses who run in harness
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5. fishing
Same as trotline
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6. U.S. education
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informal
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Same as ponyn (sense 6)
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plural noun trots |
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medicine diarrhea: a prolonged bout of diarrhea
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informal
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used with "the"
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on the trot
1. U.K. one after the other in succession
2. Canada U.K. busy, especially doing something that involves walking about a lot
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