trot

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a slow pace of running

Similar word(s): jog, lope

Definition categories: act, locomotion, travel

2. radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

Similar word(s): trotskyist, trotskyite

Definition categories: person, radical

3. a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

Similar word(s): crib, pony

Definition categories: communication, rendering, translation, version

4. a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

Definition categories: act, gait

Sentences with trot as a noun:

- He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.

verb

1. run at a moderately swift pace

Similar word(s): clip, jog

Definition categories: motion, run

2. ride at a trot

Definition categories: motion

3. cause to trot

- She trotted the horse home

Definition categories: motion, walk