trot
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
Other meanings
A brisk journey or progression.
“We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.”
A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
Word history
From Old French "trotter".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “trot” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.