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  • 1Trot — may mean: *Trot (music), a genre of Korean pop music *Trot (horse gait)*A trotline *A literal translation of a foreign text *A mildly negative epithet for Trotskyist *Trot (Oz), a character from the Oz books of L. Frank Baum *Trot Nixon,… …

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  • 2trot — ► VERB (trotted, trotting) 1) (of a horse) proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately. 2) (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps. 3) informal go or walk briskly. 4) (trot out) informal… …

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  • 3trot|line — «TROT LYN», noun. a long fishing line tied or anchored at one end and buoyed or tied at the other, from which short lines with baited hooks are suspended at regular intervals …

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  • 4trot — I UK [trɒt] / US [trɑt] verb Word forms trot : present tense I/you/we/they trot he/she/it trots present participle trotting past tense trotted past participle trotted * 1) a) [intransitive] if a horse or other animal trots, it moves more quickly… …

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  • 5trot — trot1 /trot/, v., trotted, trotting, n. v.i. 1. (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the… …

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  • 6trot — trot1 [ trat ] verb * 1. ) intransitive if a horse or other animal trots, it moves more quickly than when walking but does not run: The gray horse came trotting gracefully across the field. a ) intransitive or transitive to ride on a horse that… …

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  • 7trot — trot1 [trɔt US tra:t] v past tense and past participle trotted present participle trotting [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: troter] 1.) if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite… …

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  • 8trot — 1 verb trotted, trotting 1 (I) if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) 3 a) to run fairly slowly, taking short steps: William trotted along… …

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  • 9Trot Nixon — Infobox MLB player name = Trot Nixon width = 300 team = New York Mets number = position = Left fielder birthdate = birth date and age|1974|4|11 birthplace = city state|Durham|North Carolina bats = Left throws = Left debutdate = September 21… …

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  • 10trot — I [[t]trɒt[/t]] v. trot•ted, trot•ting, n. 1) (of a horse or other quadruped) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously 2) to go at a quick, steady pace; hurry 3) to cause to… …

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