Meaning

A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run..

Definitions by Sense

1. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
2. A brisk journey or progression.
3. (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).
4. A toddler.
5. (dance) 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.

Example Sentences

Waziri’s warriors marched at a rapid trot through the jungle in the direction of the village.

We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.

In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4.

Dogs have a variety of gaits. Most dogs have the walk, trot, pace, and gallop.

The toelt is comfortable for the rider because the amplitude of the dorsoventral displacement is lower than at the trot.[…]The slow trot is a two-beat symmetric diagonal gait. Among the normal variations of the trot of saddle horses, the speed of the gait increases from collected to extended trot.

To assume the correct position for the posting trot, first walk, with the body inclined forward in a posting position. Then put the horse into a slow or sitting trot at six miles an hour. Do not post.

1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, 1869, The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume V: The Newcomes, Volume I, page 123, […] but Ethel romped with the little children — the rosy little trots — and took them on her knees, and told them a thousand stories.

He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.

Word Forms

• trots
• trotting
• trotted

Synonyms for trot

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When Should You Use Trot?

Use trot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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