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

to trot

4 2.1
To make a horse move faster than a walk but slower than a run or ride it at that pace
  • verb
  • /trɑt/
translation icon : hacer trotar
  • As we entered the park, we saw several horses trotting along the path with their riders.
  • trot the horse

And they would, you know, you'd have to groom your horses and, you know, trot around the.

Examples

  • POV: A horse trots over the ridge, ridden by two children.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The horses jump down from the merry-go-round and trot over to listen.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I want you to trot the horse around there once, and cant him around at half pace, once.

    Blue Fire Lady (1977)

  • Boromir smiles in return and trots his horse out of Osgiliath.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • A gruff laugh erupted from the other horsemen, who started to trot down toward their comrade.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The rider urged the horse to trot around the arena to warm up for the competition.

  • The instructor demonstrated how to trot the horse smoothly to maintain rhythm and balance.

Antonyms

to walk
∞ 1.0

To move on foot at a normal speed

to gallop
25 1.9

To move or ride at a horse's fastest 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
  • UK
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
  • US
3.4

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

How Fast

to gallop
3 2.8
canter
  • Specialized
4 6.5
to trot
4 2.1
to walk
∞ 1.0
crawl
19 2.7

Surface Forms

trot infinitive
trotted past
trotted past participle
trotting present participle
trots third person singular

Etymology

The verb trot meaning to make a horse move at that pace also goes back to old French trotter, keeping the idea of those steady, quick steps. That's why to trot a horse is to ask it for that same 'quick, steady' movement.