🐎 To move briskly 🐎 A steady pace 👟 To make move faster 📄 A word-for-word translation

to trot

19 2.2

To move faster than a walk but slower than a run, often used for animals

verb
/trɑt/

: trotar

After a short warm-up, she decided to trot around the track to test her speed.
horses trot
dogs trot
trot away

And you say, can you start just trotting and running a bit?

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Examples

The horse began to trot along the path, eager to reach the finish line.
As we walked through the park, I watched a dog trot happily beside its owner.
I'll just trot around a little bit.

Pursued (2004)
Then, sir, we'll just trot up the stairs.

The Towering Inferno (1974)
And I suddenly had a pack of Federal Agents trotting behind me on my morning run.

Metal Detector Maniac (2021)
At exercise time, they make us trot around the courtyard like fillies at the track.

Fiction book (1993)
Reaching the cold water, the dog did not halt, but began to trot back and forth anxiously.

Fiction book (1994)
I ate quickly, and we soon found ourselves trotting through the misty early morning.

Fiction book (1991)
Haplo whistled, and the dog dashed up to trot along at its master's side.

Fiction book (1991)
Eric smiles as the wolf wobbles tentatively to his feet and trots unsteadily away.

Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

to jog

vsto trot

29 1.0

To run at a steady slow speed for exercise

shares pace but is used for animals or general movement rather than exercise

to clip

vsto trot

Informal

6 6.7

To run fairly quickly

refers especially to animals or a gait between walk and run

to trot to

vsto trot

1 4.8

To go quickly in small, fast steps to a place

does the same motion without implying movement toward a place

Antonyms

to walk

∞ 1.0

To move on foot at a normal speed

Idioms

hot to trot

Slang

4 8.7

Very eager to start or join an activity

Phrasal Verbs

to trot out

Informal

8 5.9

To show something again to impress or persuade people

to globe-trot

1 5.1

To travel around the world to see new places for fun

to trot to

1 4.8

To go quickly in small, fast steps to a place

to trot down

1 3.8

Walk quickly for a short distance to a nearby place

to trot alongside

4.1

To move next to someone with short, quick steps at a steady pace

Compounds

fox-trot

3 7.7

A ballroom dance for couples with slow and quick steps to lively music

rough trot

Informal

1 8.1

A difficult time or an uncomfortable ride someone has

bad trot

7.9

A time when a team or person keeps getting bad results

jog trot

Jargon

8.4

A gentle, steady way a horse moves between walking and trotting

quick trot

3.4

A movement faster than walking but slower than running

rising trot

Specialized

7.5

A way of riding where the rider rises and sits in time with the horse's trot

sitting trot

Specialized

7.7

A way of riding where the rider stays in the saddle while the horse moves in a steady bouncy pace

turkey trot

Archaic

9.5

An early dance to lively ragtime music with quick jerky steps like a bird

turkey trot

3.4

A short fun run held around Thanksgiving to raise money for charity

How Fast

sprint

55 2.1

to run

∞ 1.0

to trot

19 2.2

to walk

∞ 1.0

crawl

23 1.2

Surface Forms

trot infinitive

trotted past

trotted past participle

trotting present participle

trots third person singular

Etymology

To trot comes from the old French trotter, an imitative word for the small, fast steps of hooves. So to trot is to move with 'short, quick steps', faster than walking but not a full run.