Trot

What “Trot” means

Noun

1. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
2. A brisk journey or progression.
3. A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
4. A toddler.
5. A moderately rapid dance.

Verb

1. To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
2. To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
3. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
4. To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.

Noun

1. A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of trade and tread.

Short for foxtrot, whose rhythms influenced the genre.

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• Dog Walking Business