trot

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /trɑt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /trɒt/

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Verb

Plain form trot

Third-person singular trots

Past tense trotted

Past participle trotted

Present participle trotting

1. (intransitive) to run slowly; to jog.

   I'll trot down to the store and buy some.

2. (transitive) to cause an animal (usually a horse) to move at a trot, faster than a walk, slower than a canter.

   She trotted her horse up next to his.

Noun

Singular trot

Plural trots

1. (countable) a slow run; a jog.

   They put their horses into a trot.

Related words

• foxtrot
• trotter
• turkey trot