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trot
What does trot mean?
trot (verb): run at a moderately swift pace.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use trot in a sentence?
- I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The dog trotted along obediently by his master's side. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce trot?
/tɹɑt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does trot come from?
From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to trot
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “trot” mean?
perform in order to get a role
Not quite: that's what audition means.
run at a moderately swift pace
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make better or more attractive
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to look fixedly (at something)
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