Trot
[trɒt] or [trɑt]
Definition
(noun.) a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together.
(verb.) run at a moderately swift pace.
(verb.) cause to trot; 'She trotted the horse home'.
(verb.) ride at a trot.
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.
(n.) Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
(v. t.) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
(v. i.) The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time.
(v. i.) Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.
(v. i.) One who trots; a child; a woman.
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Definition
n. (Shak.) an old woman.
v.i. to go lifting the feet quicker and higher than in walking: to walk or move fast: to run.—v.t. to ride at a trot:—pr.p. trot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. trot′ted.—n. the pace of a horse or other quadruped when trotting: a toddling child: (slang) a crib translation.—ns. Trot′ter one that trots: a trotting-horse: the foot of an animal as a sheep: (slang) the human foot; Trottoir (trot-wor′) a footway at the side of a street.—Trot out to exhibit the paces of: to show.
Checker: Willa
Examples
- Slowly raising her eyes to mine, she said: 'I suspect she has an attachment, Trot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Everybody got out of the way; everybody bowed to the Emperor and his friend the Sultan; and they went by on a swinging trot and disappeared. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Therefore, says Mr. Tulkinghorn, pursuing his case in his jog-trot style, I have much to consider. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I wanted to see how you would come out of the trial, Trot; and you came out nobly--persevering, self-reliant, self-denying! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Trot, my dear, a vain threat! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When she loved him, Trot, right well. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was pleased, but answered, 'Tut, Trot; MY old bones would have kept till tomorrow! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Helstone and Moore trotted forth from the mill-yard gates, at the head of their very small company, in the best possible spirits. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr Boffin's shadow passed upon the blinds of three large windows as he trotted down the room, and passed again as he went back. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Whilst the two girls waited, Gerald Crich trotted up on a red Arab mare. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In a snowstorm you rode up to a moose and he mistook your horse for another moose and trotted forward to meet you. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I still think it would have been much more sensible and nice of you if you'd trotted back up the road while the train went by, and been considerate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The poor gentleman bounced from his chair, and first rushed and then trotted through the room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At the head of the column I rode beside the great Thark while at the heels of my mount trotted my beloved Woola. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Beaufort has always kept a racing stable, and he had better breed trotting horses. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She had been trotting along, so preoccupied and busy that she had not recognised them until they turned upon her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Before Mrs. O'Dowd's speech was concluded, the young Ensign was trotting downstairs on his commission. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As the officer came trotting now on the trail of the horses of the band he would pass twenty yards below where Robert Jordan lay. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Views of an ox trotting, a wild bull on the charge, greyhounds and deer running and birds flying in mid-air were shown, also athletes in various positions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Murdstone and I were soon off, and trotting along on the green turf by the side of the road. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mais au moins il n'est pas besoin de les surveiller, she added, getting up and trotting away like the compact little pony she was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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