Trot Definition

trŏt

trots, trotted, trotting

noun

A gait, as of a horse, in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are lifted at the same time.

Webster's New World

The sound of a trotting horse.

Webster's New World

A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

A race for trotters.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

trots, trotted, trotting

To move, ride, drive, run, or go at a trot.

Webster's New World

To move quickly; hurry; run.

Webster's New World

To cause to go at a trot.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

idiom

hot to trot

Webster's New World

the trots

Webster's New World

trot out

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trot

Singular:

trot

Plural:

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot"), from Medieval Latin *trottāre, *trotāre (“to go"), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run"), from Proto-Germanic *trudōnÄ…, *trudanÄ…, *tradjanÄ… (“to go, step, tread"), from Proto-Indo-European *dreu-, *derÉ™-, *drā- (“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"). More at tread.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from troter to trot of Germanic origin N., sense 7, origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition