trot
[verb]
Synonyms:
- run, canter, jog, lope, scamper
[noun]
Synonyms:
- run, canter, jog, lope

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English Thesaurus: run, jog, race/dash, sprint, tear, ...

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Trot noun informal
an insulting word for a Trotskyite

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I. trot¹ /trɒt $ trɑːt/ 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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II. trot² 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 Synonym : 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 Synonym : crib

5. the trots informal diarrhoea

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trot
noun a trot
ADJ. brisk, fast, spanking | gentle
VERB + TROT break into When the horses reached the field they broke into a brisk trot.
slow to
PREP. at a ~ We set off at a fast trot.
into a ~ He kicked his horse into a trot.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

trot
verb
ADV. briskly, quickly | happily | obediently Anne trotted obediently beside her mother.
across, along, off, over He trotted off to greet the other guests.
PREP. down, up She trotted quickly down the stairs.

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run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
I go running twice a week.
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station.
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past.
He sprinted up the stairs.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
Dennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.
lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.
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.

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