trot

Noun

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
2. (intransitive) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
3. (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.
4. (UK, archaic, slang, transitive) To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɑt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: trotten

Cognate with Old High German: trottōn

Cognate with German: trotten

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Old Norse: troða

Cognate with Old English: tredan

In summary

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 trade and tread.

Synonyms

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