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   trot

   /trät/

   verb

   • 1. (with reference to a horse or other four-legged animal) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately: "the horses trotted slowly through the night"
   • ▪ (of a person) run at a moderate pace, typically with short steps.
   • ▪ go or walk briskly: "he trotted over to the bonfire"

   noun

   • 1. a trotting pace: "our horses slowed to a trot"
   • 2. diarrhea: informal "a bad case of the trots"
   • 3. a literal translation of a foreign language text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way: informal US "adult readers who can turn to translations without being penalized for depending on trots"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French trot (noun), troter (verb), from medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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