Synonyms for trotting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : trot |
| Phonetic Transcription : trÉ’t |
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
- 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
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