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• trot — trot1 [trɔt US tra:t] v past tense and past participle trotted present participle trotting [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: troter] 1.) if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Trot — Trot, 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. [1913 Webster] {To trot out}, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• trot — [trät] vi. trotted, trotting [ME trotten < OFr troter < OHG trottōn, to tread: for IE base see TREAD] 1. to move, ride, drive, run, or go at a trot 2. to move quickly; hurry; run vt. to cause to go at a trot n. 1. a gait, as of a horse, in …   English World dictionary

• Trot (lai) — Trot is an anonymous Breton lai. It tells the story of a knight who happens upon maidens riding through the forest, and from them, he learns the importance of love.Composition and manuscriptsThe actual date of composition could be as early as… …   Wikipedia

• trot — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. trot (12c.), from troter to trot, to go, from Frankish *trotton (Cf. O.H.G. trotton to tread ), from a variant of the Germanic base of TREAD (Cf. tread) (q.v.). The verb is attested in English from mid 14c. Italian… …   Etymology dictionary

• trot — ► VERB (trotted, trotting) 1) (of a horse) proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately. 2) (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps. 3) informal go or walk briskly. 4) (trot out) informal… …   English terms dictionary

• trot out someone — trot out (someone/something) to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it. The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system. She trotted her espresso machine out this… …   New idioms dictionary

• trot out something — trot out (someone/something) to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it. The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system. She trotted her espresso machine out this… …   New idioms dictionary

• trot out — (someone/something) to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it. The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system. She trotted her espresso machine out this morning and… …   New idioms dictionary

• trot out — [v] bring forward brandish, bring up, come out with, display, disport, drag up, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, parade, recite, rehearse, reiterate, relate, repeat, represent, show, show off; concept 138 Ant. conceal, hide …   New thesaurus