jog trot
- noun
- Jargon
:
trote suave
- She trained her horse to move smoothly at a jog trot before increasing the speed.
Examples
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The horse maintained a relaxed jog trot along the trail for most of the ride.
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The horse maintained a steady jog trot around the ring.
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After a few minutes at a walk, the instructor asked them to switch to a jog trot.
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During the lesson, we practiced the jog trot for better control.
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The horse maintained a steady jog trot as it moved across the field.
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During the riding lesson, the instructor recommended we use a jog trot to warm up the horses.
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At the start of the race, the horses were led out in a jog trot to showcase their calm demeanor.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a gentle, moderate gait' is directly derivable from combining 'jog' (a moderate run) with 'trot' (a horse gait): it signals a slower or gentler form of trot. Although somewhat domain-specific, the modifier+noun composition is compositional and follows normal English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
The term jog trot comes from riding teachers who used jog to ask a horse to move in a slow trot. So it means 'a gentle, moderate gait' between a walk and a trot.