trot

trot1 [ trat ] verb *

1. ) intransitive if a horse or other animal trots, it moves more quickly than when walking but does not run:

The gray horse came trotting gracefully across the field.

a ) intransitive or transitive to ride on a horse that is trotting:

We trotted toward the first fence.

─ compare CANTER1

2. ) intransitive trot into/along/after etc. to walk with short quick steps:

He hurried off, his assistants trotting after him.

,trot `out phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

1. ) to provide an explanation, excuse, or piece of information that has been used many times before:

The same arguments are trotted out again.

2. ) to make someone appear in public, usually to represent an organization or an opinion:

He was often trotted out at formal dinners.

trot

trot 2 [ trat ] noun

1. ) singular the speed of a horse or other animal when it moves more quickly than when walking but does not run:

The horse slowed to a trot.

a ) count a ride on a horse that is trotting:

a trot around the park

2. ) singular the speed of someone walking with short quick steps:

He set off at a trot.

break into a trot (=start walking faster so that you are trotting): When he saw us, he broke into a brisk trot.

3. ) count AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL a period of time in which you have a particular kind of luck:

Simpson hoped his bad trot was about to end.

4. ) the trots plural INFORMAL DIARRHEA