trot

verb (trots, trotting, trotted)

• (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 obj]:the horses trotted slowly through the night [with object]:he trotted his horse forward
• [no object] (of a person) run at a moderate pace, typically with short steps.
• [no object] informal go or walk briskly:he trotted over to the bonfire

noun

• 1a trotting pace:our horses slowed to a trot

• 2 (the trots) informal diarrhea:a bad case of the trots

• 3 informal a literal translation of a foreign language text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way:adult readers who can turn to translations without being penalized for depending on trots