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How to pronounce “trot”

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Pronunciation guide for trot

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of trot with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: A robot that runs and swims like a salamanderit switches to what's called a walking trot gait.
Definition summary: A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.

Example 1 of 8

A robot that runs and swims like a salamander

it switches to what's called a walking trot gait.

[Noun]
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
A brisk journey or progression.
(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).
A toddler.[1] [From 1854.]
(dance) A moderately rapid dance.
(obsolete) A young animal.[1] [From 1895.]
(archaic, derogatory) An ugly old woman, a hag.[1] [From 1362.]
(Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
(Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
(dated, slang, among students) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
(informal, as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
(intransitive, of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
(transitive) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
(UK, slang, archaic, transitive) To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.