TROT (trotted, trotting)

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Irregular inflected forms: trotted    , trotting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trot mean? 

• TROT (noun)
  The noun TROT has 4 senses:

1. a slow pace of running

2. radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

3. a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

4. a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

  Familiarity information: TROT used as a noun is uncommon.

• TROT (verb)
  The verb TROT has 3 senses:

1. run at a moderately swift pace

2. ride at a trot

3. cause to trot

  Familiarity information: TROT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slow pace of running

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jog; lope; trot

Hypernyms ("trot" is a kind of...):

locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trot"):

dogtrot (a steady trot like that of a dog)

Derivation:

trot (run at a moderately swift pace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Trot; Trotskyist; Trotskyite

Hypernyms ("Trot" is a kind of...):

radical (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

crib; pony; trot

Hypernyms ("trot" is a kind of...):

interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version (a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("trot" is a kind of...):

gait (a horse's manner of moving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trot"):

rising trot (the rider rises from the saddle every second stride)

sitting trot (the rider sits still in the saddle)

Derivation:

trot (cause to trot)

trot (ride at a trot)

• TROT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they trot    ... he / she / it trots   
Past simple: trotted   
Past participle: trotted   
-ing form: trotting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run at a moderately swift pace

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

clip; jog; trot

Hypernyms (to "trot" is one way to...):

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

trot (a slow pace of running)

trotter (a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing)

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ride at a trot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "trot" is one way to...):

ride horseback (ride on horseback)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

equitation; horseback riding; riding (the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The horses trot across the field

Derivation:

trot (a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to trot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

She trotted the horse home

Hypernyms (to "trot" is one way to...):

walk (accompany or escort)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The men trot the horses across the field

Derivation:

trot (a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together)

 Context examples 

“Does he keep a school?” I asked. “No, Trot,” said my aunt. “He keeps an office.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He recollected something, dropped the burden, and trotted back to where he had left the ptarmigan.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Also called: Dysentery, The runs, The trots

(Diarrhea, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

We shall trot our horses, my friends, across this pleasant valley, for, by Our Lady! a breath of God's fresh air is right welcome after such a sight.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But how on earth could something have occurred to make him leave me at a time when we were going full-trot down hill in my curricle?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As soon as day dawned the two children let him out, and he trotted across the snow into the forest.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Wolf's trot broke into a run. Wider and wider were the leaps he made.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I can't imagine how that official came into the matter; but in he trotted, and set us both laughing.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Let's do it, Jo. We'll leave a letter saying we are all right, and trot off at once.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My horse would have trotted to Clifton within the hour, if left to himself, and I have almost broke my arm with pulling him in to that cursed broken-winded jade's pace.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)