- (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
- to go at a quick, steady pace; move briskly; bustle; hurry.
- to cause to trot.
- to ride (a horse) at a trot.
- to lead at a trot.
- to travel over by trotting: to spend the day trotting the country byways.
- to execute by trotting.
- the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- the sound made by an animal when trotting.
- the jogging gait of a human being, between a walk and a run.
- a race for trotters.
- brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been on the trot all afternoon.
- an old woman.
- a literal translation used illicitly in doing schoolwork; crib; pony.
- diarrhea.
- a toddling child.
- trot out, Informal.
- to move or cause to move at a trot
- to fish (a fast-moving stream or river) by using a float and weighted line that carries the baited hook just above the bottom
- a gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk, in which diagonally opposite legs come down together
- a steady brisk pace
- (in harness racing) a race for horses that have been trained to trot fast
- angling
- one of the short lines attached to a trotline
- the trotline
- a run of luck
- a small child; tot
- a student's crib
- on the trot informal
- one after the other
- busy, esp on one's feet
- the trots informal
- diarrhoea
- trotting races
- a follower of Trotsky; Trotskyist
