trot

trot
1 verb trotted, trotting
1 (I) if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg
2 (intransitive always + adv/prep)
3
a) to run fairly slowly, taking short steps: William trotted along happily beside his parents.
b) spoken to walk or go somewhere: I'm just trotting down to the shops.
 trot sth out phrasal verb (T) informal to give opinions, excuses, reasons etc that you have used too often to seem sincere: Steve trotted out the same old excuses. 2 noun
1 (singular) the movement of a horse at trotting (trot1) speed: We set off at a brisk trot.
2 (C) a ride on a horse at trotting (trot1) speed: I'm going for a trot down the lane.
3 (singular) a fairly slow way of running in which you take short steps: break into a trot (=increase your speed to a trot)
4 on the trot BrE informal
a) one after the other: Sally's won three races on the trot.
b) busy doing something: I've been on the trot all day.
5 (C) AmE a book of translations or answers used by students; a crib 1 (4b)
6 the trots humorous diarrhoea

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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