trot

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. An ugly old woman, a hag.
2. A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
3. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
4. A brisk journey or progression.
5. A toddler.
6. (obsolete) A young animal.
7. A moderately rapid dance.
8. (obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
9. A run of luck or fortune.
10. (slang) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
11. (informal) Diarrhoea.

Verb

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

Sinonimi

jog

lope

canter

run

clip

crib

pony

trotting

gallop

run slowly

Trotskyite

quick pace

half run

have good paces

wire trace

lamentation

plod

quick march

torment

trot out

trudge

walk

🚶

go quickly

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɹɑt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of tread.