trot

verb (trots, trotting, trotted)

• 1(with reference to a horse or other quadruped) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately: [no object]:the horses trotted slowly through the night [with object]:he trotted his horse forward

• 2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps:the child trotted across to her obediently
• informal go or walk briskly:I may trot round to Portobello market for vegetables

noun

• 1a trotting pace:our horses slowed to a trot
• an act or period of trotting:you might like an early morning trot round the crew deck
• (the trots) Australian/NZ informal trotting races:she was taking me to the trots

• 2 (the trots) informal diarrhoea.

• 3 [with adjective] Australian/NZ informal a period of luck of a specified kind:Simpson believes his bad trot is about to end