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trots

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noun

A supporter of Trotskyism.

Examples :

"The discussion about historical communist movements became heated when someone called the participants "trots" and "Stalinists." "

politics doctrine group person

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Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.

Examples :

"The children loved watching the pony trots circle the show ring at the county fair. "

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Equipment with legs.

Examples :

"The stable held various trots, including saw horses and work benches with foldable legs, to help the carpenter with different projects. "

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Type of equipment.

Examples :

"The stable owner keeps a separate shed just for the horse trots, saddles, and other riding equipment. "

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A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

Examples :

"The miners found their progress blocked by several large trots of shale within the coal seam, forcing them to reroute their digging. "

geology material

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The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.

Examples :

"The police found a small bag of "trots" hidden in the suspect's apartment during the drug raid. "

medicine substance

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An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).

Examples :

"During recess, the children organized several games of trots on the basketball court, competing to avoid getting eliminated. "

sport game entertainment

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(among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

Examples :

""The professor warned us that using trots during the exam would result in immediate failure." "

education writing aid

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(among students) horseplay; tomfoolery

Examples :

"The teacher warned the students that she wouldn't tolerate any more trots in the classroom after someone threw a paper airplane. "

entertainment group action

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noun

Examples :

"Alright, mate, got any horse?"

medicine substance

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An ugly old woman, a hag.

Examples :

"The old woman, a real trot, grumbled about the noisy children playing in the park. "

appearance age person

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(chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

Examples :

"The horse's trots were rhythmic and steady as it pulled the carriage down the road. "

animal way action

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A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.

Examples :

"The pony moved from a walk into gentle trots as it entered the show ring. "

animal action way

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A brisk journey or progression.

Examples :

"The brisk trots to the bus stop each morning kept me awake before school. "

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noun

Examples :

"The daycare is filled with the joyful sounds of trots playing and exploring. "

age family human person

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A young animal.

Examples :

"The farmer proudly showed us his new litter of piglets, calling them his "little trots." "

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A moderately rapid dance.

Examples :

"The dance class learned a series of lively trots to celebrate the end of the semester. "

music dance entertainment

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A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.

Examples :

"After a long run of tails, the spinner finally got some trots, exciting the two-up crowd. "

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(with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.

Examples :

"He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon."

outcome possibility situation

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(as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.

Examples :

""After eating the street food, he got the trots and had to stay home from school." "

medicine disease body physiology

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verb

To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.

Examples :

"The dog trots happily beside me on our morning walk. "

action animal way sport

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(of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.

Examples :

"The horse trots along the dirt path, its hooves making a steady clip-clop sound. "

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verb

To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Examples :

"The riding instructor trots the pony around the arena to warm it up before the lesson. "

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Diarrhoea/diarrhea.

Examples :

"My little sister had a bad case of trots and missed school today. "

medicine disease body

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(with "the") A trotting race meet; harness racing.

Examples :

"My grandfather loves going to the trots every Saturday to watch the harness racing. "

sport race entertainment