American English pronunciation

How to pronounce trots

IPA transcription: [t'ɹɑts]

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Noun

  • a slow pace of running

  • radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution

  • a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

  • a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together

Verb

  • run at a moderately swift pace

  • ride at a trot

  • cause to trot

    “She trotted the horse home”

Usage examples

  • The first Chairman was Leon Trotsky.
  • Hit Medley of Slow Foxtrots" along with "Alice in Wonderland" and "Forbidden Love".
  • A dog trots across the ground with a large stick in his mouth.
  • Leon Trotsky lived with Rivera and Kahlo for several months while exiled in Mexico.
  • He was friends with two notable figures, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
  • Trotsky was eventually exiled to Turkey.
  • The group moved away from orthodox Trotskyism.
  • On some weeknights, harness races, then known as "the trots", were broadcast.
  • He became an important leader of the Trotskyist movement in Weimar Germany.
  • Supported by the Trotskyist minority, he adopted a more combative attitude.