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to trot
01
to run faster than a walk but slower than a full sprint
Intransitive: to trot | to trot somewhere
Examples
Trying to catch the bus, she trotted down the street, hoping to make it to the stop in time.
02
(of a horse or other animals) to move at a speed faster than a walk and slower than a canter
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
movement verb
regular
present tense
trot
3rd person singular
trots
present participle
trotting
past simple
trotted
past participle
trotted
Examples
The horse trotted gracefully around the arena, its hooves making a rhythmic sound.
03
to make a person or animal move briskly at a moderate pace with short steps
Transitive: to trot an animal
Examples
The dog trainer used a combination of voice commands and gestures to trot the well-trained canine.
Trot
01
an instance or period of moving at a trot
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
trots
Examples
She enjoyed an early morning trot around the crew deck.
02
a specific gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk but slower than a canter
Examples
The horse 's trot was smooth and rhythmic.
03
a literal, often unauthorized, translation used when studying a foreign language
Examples
Students relied on a trot to understand the foreign text.
Lexical Tree
trotter
trot
