trot

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

trot, v. i. [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trottn to tread. See Tread.].

•  To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.  [1913 Webster]
•  Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.  [1913 Webster]

  "He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night."  [1913 Webster]

trot, 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.  [1913 Webster]

To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]

trot, n. [F. See Trot, 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.  Stillman (The Horse in Motion).  [1913 Webster]
•  Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who trots; a child; a woman.  [1913 Webster]

  "An old trot with ne'er a tooth."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trot, n. colloq. usu. derog. a Trotskyist.

Etymology

abbr.

trot, v. & n.
--v. (trotted, trotting)
1 intr. (of a person) run at a moderate pace esp. with short strides.
2 intr. (of a horse) proceed at a steady pace faster than a walk lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately.
3 intr. colloq. walk or go.
4 tr. cause (a horse or person) to trot.
5 tr. traverse (a distance) at a trot.
--n.
1 the action or exercise of trotting (proceed at a trot; went for a trot).
2 (the trots) sl. an attack of diarrhoea.
3 a brisk steady movement or occupation.
4 (in pl.) Austral. colloq. a trotting-races. b a meeting for these.

Idiom

on the trot colloq.
1 continually busy (kept them on the trot).
2 in succession (five weeks on the trot).
trot out
1 cause (a horse) to trot to show his paces.
2 produce or introduce (as if) for inspection and approval, esp. tediously or repeatedly.

Etymology

ME f. OF troter f. Rmc & med.L trottare, of Gmc orig.

THESAURUS

trot

alliteration, amble, amplification, assonance, bag, bat, beldam, biddy, bilingual text, bound, bring out, burst, burst of speed, bustle, canter, caracole, chime, clavis, come out with, crib, crone, curvet, dame, dash, dead run, decipherment, decoding, dingdong, display, dogtrot, dowager, drab, drag, drag out, dredge up, drone, droop, exhibit, faithful translation, flank speed, flat-out speed, flaunt, flounce, forced draft, fox-trot, free translation, frisk, frump, full gallop, gait, gallop, get, git, gloss, glossary, go on horseback, grandam, grandmother, granny, hack, hag, hand gallop, harping, hasten, headlong rush, heavy right foot, high lope, hightail, hitch, hobble, hop, hop along, horse, hotfoot, humdrum, hurry, hustle, interlinear, interlinear translation, interpretation, jingle, jingle-jangle, jog, jog trot, key, leap, limp, lock step, loose translation, lope, lurch, make tracks, maximum speed, metaphrase, mince, mincing steps, monotone, monotony, mount, near rhyme, old battle-ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, open throttle, pace, paddle, paraphrase, piaffe, piaffer, pitter-patter, plunge, pony, prance, race, rack, recite, repeat, repeated sounds, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, restatement, rewording, rhyme, ride bareback, ride hard, roll, run, rush, saunter, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, scuttle, shamble, show, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, singsong, skedaddle, slant rhyme, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, spring, sprint, spurt, stagger, stale repetition, stalk, step, step along, step lively, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, swagger, swing, take horse, tedium, tittup, toddle, totter, transcription, translation, transliteration, tread, trip, trot out, unnecessary repetition, velocity, waddle, walk, war-horse, wide-open speed, witch

ROGET THESAURUS

trot

Habit

N habit, habitude, assuetude, assuefaction, wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground, prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice, prevalence, observance, conventionalism, conventionality, mode, fashion, vogue, etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity, consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order, precedent, routine, red-tape, red-tapism, pipe clay, rut, groove, cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit, addiction, trick, training, seasoning, second nature, acclimatization, knack, habitual, accustomary, prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, consuetudinary, wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, garden variety, jog, trot, well-trodden, well-known, familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited, of course, admitted, understood, conformable, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable, wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated, in the habit of, habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to, hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting, naturalized, ingrained, habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently, cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, How use doth breed a habit in a man!, magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus.

Journey

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

Velocity

VB move quickly, trip, fisk, speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle, scud, scuddle, scour, scour the plain, scamper, run like mad, beat it, fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush, cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel, scorch, burn up the track, rush, dash on, dash off, dash forward, bolt, trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom, march in quick time, march in double time, ride hard, get over the ground, hurry, accelerate, put on, quicken, quicken one's pace, mend one's pace, clap spurs to one's horse, make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way, put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score, carry sail, crowd sail, go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground, outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind, keep up with, keep pace with, outstrip, outmarch.

Interpretation

N interpretation, definition, explanation, explication, solution, answer, rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering, rendition, redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret, clew, clavis, crib, pony, trot, exegesis, expounding, exposition, hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration, exemplification, gloss, annotation, scholium, note, elucidation, dilucidation, eclaircissement, mot d'enigme, symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics, metoposcopy, physiognomy, paleography, oneirology acception, acceptation, acceptance, light, reading, lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning, synonym, paraphrase, metaphrase, convertible terms, apposition, dictionary, polyglot, explanatory, expository, explicative, explicatory, exegetical, construable, polyglot, literal, paraphrastic, metaphrastic, consignificative, synonymous, equivalent, in explanation, that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English, more simply.