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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Trotting}.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
     of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
     tread. See {Tread}.]
     1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
        ride or drive at a trot. See {Trot}, n.


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     2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
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              He that rises late must trot all day, and will
              scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trot
       n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: {jog}, {lope}]
       2: radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be
          established throughout the world by continuing revolution
          [syn: {Trotskyite}, {Trotskyist}]
       3: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
          (often used illicitly) [syn: {pony}, {crib}]
       4: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike
          the ground together
       v 1: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: {jog}, {clip}]
       2: ride at a trot
       3: cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"
       [also: {trotting}, {trotted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trotted
       See {trot}

















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