"trot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /trɑt/ [US], /trɒt/ [UK] Audio: en-au-trot.ogg [Australia] Forms: trot [singular], trots [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. a slow run; a jog.
    Sense id: simple-trot-en-noun-bgChqfzJ

Verb

IPA: /trɑt/ [US], /trɒt/ [UK] Audio: en-au-trot.ogg [Australia] Forms: trot [canonical], trots [third-person, singular], trotted [past], trotted [past, participle], trotting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|trot|t}} [POS TABLE]
  1. to run slowly; to jog.
    Sense id: simple-trot-en-verb-oF-cJFO3 Categories (other): Verbs
  2. to cause an animal (usually a horse) to move at a trot, faster than a walk, slower than a canter.
    Sense id: simple-trot-en-verb-lAJ7tgeP
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