trot
/tɹɑt/ verb C2- To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run. · I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.· The dog trotted along obediently by his master's side.
- To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
- To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
He/she/it trots · Past trotted · Past participle trotted · -ing form trotting
Verb forms
- Base form
- trot
- He/she/it
- trots
- Past
- trotted
- Past participle
- trotted
- -ing form
- trotting
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And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.
He was just in the act of seizing her, when a fine young Hart trotted by, and he left the Hare to follow him.
With these two implements he trotted noiselessly about the room, sometimes stopping, occasionally kneeling, and once lying flat upon his face.
A fresh shower came down on their heads and the two trotted away, taking Mowgli with them.
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