Trot — Defs

01 v. i. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trotting

1.
To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n. See: Trot
2.
Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
“He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night.” — Franklin.

02 v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

1.
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Phrases & compounds

To trot out — to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition.

03 n. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind fo…

1.
The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time.
2.
Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.
3.
One who trots; a child; a woman.
“An old trot with ne'er a tooth.” — Shak.