Real Dictionary

trot
verb: If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps.

trot in American English
a gait, as of a horse, in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are lifted at the same time
to cause to go at a trot
to move, ride, drive, run, or go at a trot

trot in American English 1
intransitive verb: to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at on
transitive verb: to cause to trot

trot in American English 2
noun: a trotline

trot in British English
noun: a follower of Trotsky; Trotskyist
noun: a gait of a horse or other quadruped, faster than a walk, in which diagonally opposite legs come down together
verb: to move or cause to move at a trot