Trotting

verb

/ˈtɹɑtɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.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."

2.verb(of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

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

4.nounThe action of the verb trot.

"Trotting along the avenue was relaxing."

5.adjectiveOf an animal that trots.

"Not all horses are trotting horses."

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