Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Trot"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also {trot}, {pony}, {Dobbin}.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Trot \Trot\, v. t.
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace
called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or
cantering.

{To trot out}, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his
paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition.
[Slang.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Trot \Trot\, n. [F. See {Trot}, v. i.]
1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a
walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one
fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are
lifted at the same time. ``The limbs move diagonally in
pairs in the trot.'' --Stillman (The Horse in Motion).

2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

3. One who trots; a child; a woman.

An old trot with ne'er a tooth. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.

He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}, {Trot}]
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"


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