Trot Definition

Trot
noun

derog:
colloq:
1. A Trotskyist.
2. Any supporter of the extreme left.

Etymology: 1960s: a short form of Trotskyist.

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trot
verb trotted, trotting

intr
1. Said of a horse: to move at a steady, fairly fast pace, moving each diagonally opposite pair of legs together in a bouncy kind of walk.
2. To make (a horse) move in this way.
intr
3. To move or proceed at a steady, fairly brisk pace.

Example: The pig trotted up to the chicken house
Thesaurus: canter, lope, jog, run, pace, scamper, scuttle, bustle, scurry.

noun

1. The pace at which a horse, rider, etc moves when trotting.
2. An act or the process of trotting.
3. colloq
A euphemistic name for an ongoing bout of diarrhoea.
Form: the trots

Idiom: on the trot

One after the other.

Continually moving about; busy.

Etymology: 13c: from French troter.

Phrasal Verb: trot out

To go out
Example: He's not in ― he's just trotted out to the library.

Phrasal Verb: trot something out

To produce (a story, article, excuse, etc), especially habitually or repeatedly and without much thought, effort, etc.
Example: trots out the same boring lectures every year