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Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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Trot \Trot\, v. t.
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace
called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or
cantering.
To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his
paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition.
[Slang.]
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Trot \Trot\, n. [F. See Trot, v. i.]
1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a
walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one
fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are
lifted at the same time. ``The limbs move diagonally in
pairs in the trot.'' --Stillman (The Horse in Motion).
2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.
3. One who trots; a child; a woman.
An old trot with ne'er a tooth. --Shak.
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Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trotting.]
[OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
tread. See Tread.]
1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.
2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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