v.
(trots, trotting, trotted)
- (of a horse or other quadruped) proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately.
- (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps.
▸informal go or walk briskly.
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(trot something out)
informal produce the same account that has been produced many times before.
n.
- a trotting pace.
▸an act or period of trotting.
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(the trots)
informal diarrhoea.
- Austral./NZ informal a period of luck of a specified kind.
Phrase
- on the trot
informal - Brit. in succession.
- continually busy.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. trot (n.), troter (v.), from med. L. trottare, of Gmc origin.