trots
Moves at half-speed
Trots is the third-person singular of trot—a gait between walking and running: The horse trots around the paddock.
The noun phrase the trots is informal for diarrhea, from the urgent trotting to the bathroom it causes: Something I ate gave me the trots.
Frequent liquid bowel movements
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
- upsetDisturb, topple, or shock
- runsMoves fast on foot
cramps · intestinal · bowel · ailment · queasy · nausea · discomfort · remedy
canter
Moderate equine gait
gallop · amble · stride · clip · walk · run · prance · mince · shuffle · plod
diarrhea
Frequent liquid bowel movements
runs · cramps · intestinal · bowel · ailment · queasy · nausea · discomfort · remedy · dehydration
harness racing
Equine cart-pulling speed sport
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
- standardbredConventionally bred stock
- pacerTempo-setting individual or device
racetrack · jockey · reins · bridle · dressage · manege · canter · gallop · mare · stallion
scamper
Quick, light-footed dash
hustle · rush · scuttle · patter · quick · brisk · nimble · toddle · bustle · skip
- trotting outProducing for display
- trotted outExhibited something familiar
- hot to trotExtremely eager, impatient
- trot outPresent for inspection
- fox trotFormal couples dance
- turkey trotEarly 1900s dance