trot : Idioms & Phrases

• a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk.

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• noun a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
  foxtrot.
  

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• verb travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing
  

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• noun an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot
  

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• a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to.

Webster 1913

• noun the rider rises from the saddle every second stride
  

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• one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. Addison.

Webster 1913

• noun the rider sits still in the saddle
  

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• noun obscene terms for diarrhea
  the shits.
  

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• to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. Slang.

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• verb bring out and show for inspection and admiration
  
  • His novel trots out a rich heiress
  • always able to trot out some new excuse

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• noun a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing
  trotter.
  

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• noun an early ragtime one-step
  

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