trot

CEFRB2

/tɹɑt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To run at a steady pace faster than walking.

  2. 02

    noun

    A steady pace between walking and running.

Examples

  • Horses have three modes of locomotion: Walk, trot and gallop.

  • The old man set off at a quick trot.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. A brisk journey or progression.

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

More examples

In context

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

  • We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.

  • 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, 1869, The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume V: The Newcomes, Volume I, page 123, […] but Ethel romped with the little children — the rosy little trots — and took them on her knees, and told them a th...

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“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”). Doublet of trade and tread.