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trot | trots |

As nouns the difference between trot and trots

is that trot is (archaic|disparaging) an ugly old woman, a hag“[http://booksgooglecomau/books?id=_m7k1oi-cakc&pg=pa209&dq=%22trot%22%7c%22trots%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=x&ei=meibumxvfunrmawo4ohwdq&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22trot%22%7c%22trots%22%20-intitle%3a%22%22%20-inauthor%3a%22%22&f=false trot]”, entry in 2008 , anatolij simonovič liberman, an analytic dictionary of english etymology: an introduction , page 208 while trots is .

As verbs the difference between trot and trots

is that trot is to walk rapidly while trots is (trot).

trot

English

(wikipedia trot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, disparaging) An ugly old woman, a hag.“ Trot”, entry in 2008 , Anatolij Simonovi? Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction , page 208.
  • (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).
  • * 2000 , Margaret H. Bonham, Introduction to: Dog Agility , page 14,
    • Dogs have a variety of gaits. Most dogs have the walk, trot , pace, and gallop.
  • * 2008 , Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor, Equine Exercise Physiology: The Science of Exercise in the Athletic Horse , Elsevier, page 154,
    • The toelt is comfortable for the rider because the amplitude of the dorsoventral displacement is lower than at the trot'.The slow '''trot''' is a two-beat symmetric diagonal gait. Among the normal variations of the '''trot''' of saddle horses, the speed of the gait increases from collected to extended ' trot .
  • * 2009 , Gordon Wright, George H. Morris, Learning To Ride, Hunt, And Show , page 65,
    • To assume the correct position for the posting trot', first walk, with the body inclined forward in a posting position. Then put the horse into a slow or sitting '''trot at six miles an hour. ''Do not post.
  • A gait of a person faster than a walk.
  • A toddler.
  • * 1855 , '', 1869, ''The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray'', Volume V: ''The Newcomes, Volume I , page 123,
    • but Ethel romped with the little children — the rosy little trots — and took them on her knees, and told them a thousand stories.
  • (obsolete) A young animal.
  • (dance) A moderately rapid dance.
  • (mildly disparaging)
  • (Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
  • A run of luck or fortune.
    • He?s had a good trot , but his luck will end soon.
  • * 1994 , Noel Virtue, Sandspit Crossing , page 34,
    • It was to be a hugely special occasion, for apart from the picture shows at the Majestic, there was usually nothing at all going on in Sandspit to make anyone think they were on a good trot living there.
  • * 2004 , John Mosig, Ric Fallu, Australian Fish Farmer: A Practical Guide to Aquaculture , 2nd Edition, page 21,
    • Should he or she be having a bad trot , the exchange rate will be higher than normal.

    Synonyms

    * (gait of an animal between walk and canter) * (ugly old woman) See * (gait of a person faster than a walk) jog

    Derived terms

    * foxtrot * on the trot * trotter * turkey trot

    Verb

    (trott)
  • To walk rapidly.
  • (of a horse) 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.

    • Derived terms

    * hot to trot

    Synonyms

    * (to walk rapidly) jog, pace ** See also ,

    References

    Anagrams

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    trots

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plural only, slang) Diarrhoea/diarrhea.
    • I've had the trots all morning and haven't been able to go out.
  • A trotting race meet; harness racing.
  • * 2002 , Veronica Brodie, Mary-Anne Gale, My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie as Told to Mary-Anne Gale , Wakefield Press, South Australia, page 49,
    • A lot of people used to go out to the trots' at Wayville. You?d see them all dressed up in their beads and bonnets and looking all flash, going off to the ' trots .
  • * 2006 , Mike Dillon, From The Horses Mouth: The Keith Haub Story , 2010, HarperCollins New Zealand, unnumbered page,
    • ‘Russ drank two bottles of Coruba rum at the races then demanded to be driven to the Auckland night trots'. We hadn?t been that keen on going to the ' trots , but when we dropped him there we figured we might as well stay for a couple of races.’
  • * 2008 , J. D. Carpenter, Twelve Trees , Dundurn Press, Canada, page 24,
    • I like both kinds of racing, thoroughbred and standardbred. Despite their lower social status, I like betting the trots just as much as I do the flats.
  • * 2008 , Drake Hokanson, Carol Kratz, Purebred & Homegrown: America?s County Fairs , Terrace Books, US, page 45,
    • “It is a fact that thousands come, pay their fee, and go straight to the amphitheater to see the trots , without whose fees premiums could not be paid to other classes.”
  • * 2011 , Mike Walsh, 8: From Hollywood to the Garden Suburb (and Back to Hollywood): Exhibition and Distribution in Australia'', Richard Maltby, Daniel Biltereyst, Philippe Meers, ''Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies , Wiley, page 164,
    • The introduction of harness racing on Saturday nights at nearby Wayville in 1934 caused serious consequences for the rest of the 1930s as ‘the trots'’ regularly attracted crowds of 20 000. When the ' trots began to offer free admission to children accompanying their parents, the state Exhibitors? Association, of which Thompson was then chair, tried to agitate against this on moral grounds.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trot)

    • Anagrams

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