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   trot

   /trɒt/

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to a horse or other four-legged animal) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately: "the horses trotted slowly through the night"
   • 2. (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps: "the child trotted across to her obediently"
   • ▪ go or walk briskly: informal "I may trot round to Portobello market for vegetables"

   noun

   • 1. a trotting pace: "our horses slowed to a trot"
   • ▪ an act or period of trotting: "you might like an early morning trot round the crew deck"
   • ▪ trotting races: informal Australian, New Zealand "she was taking me to the trots"
   • 2. diarrhoea. informal
   • 3. a period of luck of a specified kind: informal Australian, New Zealand "Simpson believes his bad trot is about to end"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French trot (noun), troter (verb), from medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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