trot
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a runA gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
» The horse trotted down the road.
Das Pferd trabte die Straße hinab.
Лошадь бежала рысью по дороге.
Лошадь бежала рысцой вниз по дороге.
Meaning
12 sensesA gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
трусца́truscá, бы́стрый шагbýstryj šag
a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
A brisk journey or progression.
We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.
In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4.
A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
The mare started at a walk before breaking into a trot.
Trab
рысьrysʹ
A toddler.
A moderately rapid dance.
тротtrot
(Australia, New Zealand)A run of luck or fortune.
He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.
(dated, slang)Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
(informal)Diarrhoea.
He's got a bad case of the trots and has to keep running off to the toilet.
(uncountable)A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
(obsolete)A young animal.
(archaic, derogatory)An ugly old woman, a hag.
ста́рая карга́stáraja kargá, ста́рая кля́чаstáraja kljáča
(Australia, obsolete)A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
Examples
18 sentencesThe horse trotted down the road.
ruЛошадь бежала рысью по дороге.
deDas Pferd trabte die Straße hinab.
The boy trotted to his father's side.
deDer Junge lief neben seinem Vater her.
They've won three times on the trot.
deDie haben das dritte Mal in Folge gewonnen.
Karl was seen trotting along a beach.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
ruВолка ноги кормят.
deDer umherstreifende Hund findet auch einen Knochen.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from MedievaFrom 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.
Short for foxtrot, whose rhythms influenced the genre.
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Forms
plural: trotsSynonyms
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