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trotting

The correct spelling is trotting.

How to pronounce trotting

verb

IPA: /ˈtɹɑtɪŋ/

Say it like: Tro-tti-ng

The correct spelling is trotting. To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run. For example: "I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop."

Usage Examples

I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.

Trotting along the avenue was relaxing.

Not all horses are trotting horses.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
  2. 2.(of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
  3. 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.

noun

  1. 1.The action of the verb trot.

adjective

  1. 1.Of an animal that trots.

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