trot

IPA: trˈɑt

noun

  • (archaic, derogatory) An ugly old woman, a hag.
  • (chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
  • A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
  • A brisk journey or progression.
  • A toddler.
  • (obsolete) A young animal.
  • (dance) A moderately rapid dance.
  • (Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
  • (dated, slang, among students) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
  • (informal, as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
  • A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
  • (slang, derogatory) A Trotskyist.
  • (derogatory, properly Trot) Clipping of Trotskyist. [A supporter of Trotskyism.]

verb

  • (intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
  • (intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
  • (transitive) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
  • (UK, slang, archaic, transitive) To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.
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