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Trot

noun
Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.nounAny of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
2.nounEquipment with legs.
3.nounType of equipment.
4.nounA mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
5.nounThe sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
6.nounAn informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
7.noun(among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
8.noun(among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
9.nounHeroin (drug).
"Alright, mate, got any horse?"
10.nounAn ugly old woman, a hag.
11.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).
12.nounA gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
13.nounA brisk journey or progression.
"In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4."
14.nounA toddler.
15.nounA young animal.
16.nounA moderately rapid dance.
17.nounA succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
18.noun(with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
"He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon."
19.noun(as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
"He's got a bad case of the trots and has to keep running off to the toilet."
20.verbTo move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
"I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop."
21.verb(of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
22.verbTo cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Synonyms

horsienagpradsteedknightpommel horsevaulting horsedobbinponytrotHsmack

Rhymes With

fraughtdistraughttautonslaughthotknotoverwroughtthought
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