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# trot

«trot» in Mova's school dictionary: **When a horse trots, it moves faster than walking, lifting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (trot, trots, trotted, trotting); noun (a trot, trots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) When a horse trots, it moves faster than walking, lifting its legs in pairs with a bouncy step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#m1)

2) When a person or animal trots, they run slowly with short steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#m2)

3) A trot is this kind of movement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#m3)

4) «On the trot» (British) means one after another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#m4)

5) To trot after someone can mean to follow closely behind them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and on farms, horses walk, trot, canter and gallop — from slowest to fastest. Children trot after parents; dogs trot along the path. In British talk, «three wins on the trot» means three in a row. Phrases: «at a trot», «trot along», «trot off», «on the trot».

### examples

- The pony trotted around the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x1)
- The little dog trotted beside me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x2)
- We went from a walk to a trot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x3)
- My sister trotted off to find her shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x4)
- Our team won four games on the trot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x5)
- Horses walk, trot, canter and gallop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x6)
- He trotted down the stairs to breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x7)
- I will trot on your track when I waken up.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/#x8)

### note

Regular verb but double the t: trotted, trotting. Order of horse speeds: walk, trot, canter, gallop. «On the trot» meaning «in a row» is British and informal.

### In the corpora

- [Picture a city garden at midnight: a fox trots past the bins and somewhere a rabbit freezes, then zigzags away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/3/)
- [Real hedgehogs walk slowly and can trot, but cannot race; Sonic was named for speed, not for biology.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/15/)
- [On the way home from school a scruffy street dog starts trotting behind you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal/0/)
- [The Mole has to trot up and down to dry himself while the Rat rescues the boat and dives for the picnic basket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.