Synonyms for trotting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : trot

Phonetic Transcription : trɒt

Top 10 synonyms for trotting

Other synonyms for the word trotting

Définition of trotting

Origin : 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).

verb move along briskly

Example sentences :

His conversation seemed to be shaken out of him by the trotting of the horse.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

The horses started off with us, trotting in that weary way peculiar to tourists' horses.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

They were trotting toward me in the highway, hardly a hundred yards off.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

I am weary of trotting up and down like a lust-ritter at a fair,' said he.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He was roused from his reverie by the sound of a trotting horse.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

He, stupefied, watched her trotting to and fro, twisting about and singing as she went.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

There was a Mr. Worth Buckley trotting in her wake, but he was mild and inoffensive.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Kate heard his horse's step on the road, trotting hard from the direction of Peel.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

He was trotting briskly along, for the shelf was smooth and level.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

In half an hour the horses were trotting through the shallows again.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

Antonyms for trotting

stop

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