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Trot noun, derog colloq 1 a Trotskyist. 2 any supporter of the extreme left.
ETYMOLOGY: 1960s: a short form of Trotskyist.
trot verb (trotted, trotting) 1 intrans said of a horse: to move at a steady, fairly fast pace, moving each diagonally opposite pair of legs together in a bouncy kind of walk. 2 to make (a horse) move in this way. 3 intrans to move or proceed at a steady, fairly brisk pace • The pig trotted up to the chicken house. noun 1 the pace at which a horse, rider, etc moves when trotting. 2 an act or the process of trotting. 3 (the trots) colloq a euphemistic name for an ongoing bout of diarrhoea. on the trot colloq 1 one after the other. 2 continually moving about; busy.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French troter.
trot out to go out • He's not in - he's just trotted out to the library. trot something out colloq to produce (a story, article, excuse, etc), especially habitually or repeatedly and without much thought, effort, etc • trots out the same boring lectures every year. |
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