trot
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
trahtIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtɹɑt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
chiefly of horses
A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
A gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
A brisk journey or progression.
A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
A toddler.
verb
transitive
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
intransitive
To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
intransitiveof a horse
To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
Ride at a trot
Word Aura™
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This meaning: A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
Used this way, trot is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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