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trot |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang) a A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also {trot}, {pony}, {Dobbin}. b Horseplay; tomfoolery. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {To trot out}, to lead or bring out as a horse, to show his paces; hence to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trot \Trot\, n. [F. See {Trot}, v. i.] 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. ``The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot.'' --Stillman (The Horse in Motion). 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trotted}; p. pr & vb n. {Trotting}.] [OE. trotten, OF troter, F. trotter; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf OHG. trott?n to tread. See {Tread}.] 1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See {Trot}, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trot n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: {jog}, {lope}] 2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [syn: {pony}, {crib}] 3: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together v 1: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: {jog}, {clip}] 2: ride at a trot 3: cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"
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