trotting
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/ˈtɹɑtɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.“I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.”
- (of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
- To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
noun
- The action of the verb trot.“Trotting along the avenue was relaxing.”
adjective
- Of an animal that trots.“Not all horses are trotting horses.”
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