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
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Universal
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
on the trot
informal
1British in succession:they lost seven matches on the trot
2continually busy:I’ve been on the trot all day
trot something out
informal provide an explanation or piece of information that has already been used many times before:everyone trots out the old excuse
