n.

1. 1. The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.
   2. A ride on a horse at this pace.
2. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.
3. Sports. A race for trotters.
4. See pony (sense 4).
5. trots Informal. Diarrhea. Used with the.
6. A toddler.
7. Archaic. An old woman; a crone.

v., trot·ted, trot·ting, trots.

v.intr.

1. To go or move at a trot.
2. To proceed rapidly; hurry.

v.tr.

To cause to move at a trot.

phrasal verb:

trot out Informal.

1. To bring out and show for inspection or admiration: “His novel trots out an Irish president named Finn” (Charles E. Claffey).

[Middle English, from Old French, from troter, to trot, of Germanic origin.]

noun

1. A person's steady easy gait that is faster than a walk but slower than a run: jog, lope. See move/halt.
2. An ugly, frightening old woman: beldam, crone, hag, witch. Slang biddy. See beautiful/ugly.

verb

1. To move with a steady easy gait faster than a walk but slower than a run: jog, lope. See move/halt.
2. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt², race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour², shoot, speed, sprint, tear¹, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip¹. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.

Idioms beginning with trot:
trot out

In addition to the idiom beginning with trot, also see hot to trot.

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One of the natural gaits of the horse; a two-beat gait on alternating diagonals.

• collected t. — the head is held well in and the horse is not permitted to fully extend its limbs. The gait can be very showy but not fast nor a great coverer of distance.
• extended t. — not a racing trot in that the rhythm is not fast but the horse takes long strides and covers a lot of distance; the head and neck are extended.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - trave, gå i trav, traske
v. tr. - lade trave, stikke af
n. - trav, luntetrav

idioms:

• on the trot    i aktivitet, på stikkerne, i rap
• trot out    lade paradere (f.eks. en hest)

n. - trotskist

Nederlands (Dutch)
draven, draf, spiekbriefje

Français (French)
v. intr. - trotter (cheval), courir (personne), trotter (fam), trottiner
v. tr. - faire trotter (cheval)
n. - trot, période (bonne/mauvaise), (US, École, Univ) antisèche, diarrhée (npl)

idioms:

• on the trot    (être) toujours en train de courir, (ne pas laisser) de répit à (qn), coup sur coup, d'affilée
• trot out    débiter (explication)

n. - trotskard (péj)

Deutsch (German)
v. - traben, traben lassen, laufen, (ugs.) gehen, im Trab zurücklegen
n. - Trab, Trott, (Slang) Durchfall, Trabrennen, (ugs.) unerlaubte Hilfsmittel, Trotzkist

idioms:

• on the trot    hintereinander, auf Trab
• trot out    vorführen, vorbringen

n. - (Pol.) Trotzkist

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τριποδίζω, προχωρώ γρήγορα ή βιαστικά, καλπάζω ελαφρά, τροχάζω, σιγοτρέχω
n. - τριποδισμός, τροχασμός, ελαφρός καλπασμός, (μτφ.) πιλάλα, τρεχάλα, (πληθ.) (καθομ.) διάρροια, τσίρλα
abbr. - Τροτσκιστής

idioms:

• on the trot    το 'να κοντά στο άλλο, στο τάκα-τάκα
• trot out    ξεφουρνίζω

Italiano (Italian)
trottare, trotto, bigino

idioms:

• on the trot    consecutivamente
• trot out    tirare in ballo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - trotar
n. - corrida de cavalos (f), trote (m), atividade (f), cola de aluno em exame (f)
abbr. - trotear

idioms:

• on the trot    ocupado, na dança
• trot out    exibir, mostrar

Русский (Russian)
идти рысцой

idioms:

• on the trot    быть очень занятым
• trot out    (неодобр.) повторять изжитые идеи

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - trotar, ir al trote
v. tr. - hacer trotar, exhibir, pasar o recorrer al trote
n. - trote, paso vivo, actividad intensa, chuleta, comprimido, machete

idioms:

• on the trot    seguidos
• trot out    hacer trotar, sacar a relucir algo antiguo o aburrido, hacer alarde de

n. - trotskista

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - trava, gå i trav, lunka, knalla, jogga, sätta i trav
n. - trav, lunk, travande, joggning, liten tulta, gammal käring (hagga) (sl.), fnask, luder
abbr. - trotskist

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
快步

快步走, 小跑步走, 使小跑, 老是提出, 带领, 陪伴, 炫耀地出示, 小跑, 快步, 学步的小孩, 慢跑, 急行, 老太婆

idioms:

• on the trot    忙碌, 接连地, 一个接一个, 逃跑
• trot out    炫耀, 使跑给人看, 提出...供考虑

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 快步

v. intr. - 快步走, 小跑步走
v. tr. - 使小跑, 老是提出, 帶領, 陪伴, 炫耀地出示
n. - 小跑, 快步, 學步的小孩, 慢跑, 急行, 老太婆

idioms:

• on the trot    忙碌, 接連地, 一個接一個, 逃跑
• trot out    炫耀, 使跑給人看, 提出...供考慮

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 속보로 가다
v. tr. - ~를 걷게 하다, ~에게 빨리 갈 것을 종용하다, 어르다
n. - 속보로 가다, 바쁜 일, 노파

idioms:

• trot out    걸려 보이다, 자랑 삼아 내놓다, 자랑 삼아 보이다

n. - 트로츠키파

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 速歩, 急ぎ足, 急ぎ足の散歩
v. - 速歩で進む, 速歩で進ませる, 速歩で行く, 急ぎ足で行く

idioms:

• on the trot    休む暇もなく, 続けざまに
• trot out    見せびらかす, そのまま持ち出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهرول, يخيب الفرس, (الاسم) الهروله, الخبب (اختصار) خط لصيد السمك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רץ בקצב בינוני בצעדים קצרים, דהר בקצב קבוע כשהוא מרים לסירוגין כל זוג רגליים אלכסוני (סוס)‬
v. tr. - ‮הריץ, הדהיר, העביר מהר‬
n. - ‮תנועה מהירה קצובה, ריצה‬
n. - ‮טרוצקיסט - תומך במהפכה סוציאליסטית כלל-עולמית‬

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