trots

/T R AA1 T S/

noun

noun

1
Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
2
Equipment with legs.
3
Type of equipment.
4
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
5
The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
6
An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
7
(among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
8
(among students) horseplay; tomfoolery

Synonyms

noun

Synonyms

noun

1
An ugly old woman, a hag.
2
(chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
3
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
4
A brisk journey or progression.
“In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4.”
5
A toddler.
6
A young animal.
7
A moderately rapid dance.
8
A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
9
(with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
“He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.”
10
(as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
“He's got a bad case of the trots and has to keep running off to the toilet.”

Synonyms

verb

1
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.”
2
(of a horse) 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.

Synonyms

noun

1
Diarrhoea/diarrhea.
“I've had the trots all morning and haven't been able to go out.”
2
(with "the") A trotting race meet; harness racing.

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