trot

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cause to trot

   The rider trotted the horse home.

2. 2
   noun

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

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

3. 3
   noun

   A brisk journey or progression.

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

4. 4
   noun

   A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

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

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.

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