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Meaning of trot

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

trot

Pronunciation:/tɹɒt//tɹɑt/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.

  2. Equipment with legs.

  3. Type of equipment.

  4. A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

noun

Definitions

  1. Heroin (drug).

    Example: Alright, mate, got any horse?

noun

Definitions

  1. An ugly old woman, a hag.

  2. (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).

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

  4. A brisk journey or progression.

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

verb

Definitions

  1. To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.

    Example: I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.

  2. (of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

  3. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

trot

Pronunciation:/tɹɒt//tɹɑt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.