Trot

trot, v.i. to go, lifting the feet quicker and higher than in walking: to walk or move fast: to run.— v.t. to ride at a trot:— pr.p. trot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. trot′ted. — n. the pace of a horse or other quadruped when trotting: a toddling child: ( slang ) a crib, translation.— ns. Trot′ter , one that trots: a trotting-horse: the foot of an animal, as a sheep: ( slang ) the human foot; Trottoir (trot-wor′), a footway at the side of a street.— Trot out , to exhibit the paces of: to show. [O. Fr. trotter , troter —Low L. trotāre , to go; prob. from Old High Ger. trottōn , freq. of tret an , to tread.]