trot
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
- A brisk journey or progression.
- A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
- A toddler.
- A moderately rapid dance.
- A young animal.
- An ugly old woman, a hag.
- A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
- A run of luck or fortune.
- Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
- Diarrhoea.
- A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
- Alternative form of Trot (“Trotskyist”).
- A Trotskyist.
Verb
- To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
- To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
- To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
- To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.
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