trotting

verbmove along briskly

Synonyms for trotting

verb move along briskly

Antonyms for trotting

stop

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French trot (12c.), from troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton (cf. Old High German trotton "to tread"), from a variant of the Germanic base of tread (v.). The trots "diarrhea" is recorded from 1808 (cf. the runs).

Example Sentences for trotting

His conversation seemed to be shaken out of him by the trotting of the horse.

The horses started off with us, trotting in that weary way peculiar to tourists' horses.

They were trotting toward me in the highway, hardly a hundred yards off.

I am weary of trotting up and down like a lust-ritter at a fair,' said he.

He was roused from his reverie by the sound of a trotting horse.

He, stupefied, watched her trotting to and fro, twisting about and singing as she went.

There was a Mr. Worth Buckley trotting in her wake, but he was mild and inoffensive.

Kate heard his horse's step on the road, trotting hard from the direction of Peel.

He was trotting briskly along, for the shelf was smooth and level.

In half an hour the horses were trotting through the shallows again.

trotting

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