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trottest

trottest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of trot.

Meaning of trot

Verb

trot (third-person singular simple present trots, present participle trotting, simple past and past participle trotted)

  1. (intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
    • I didn't want to miss my bus, so I trotted the last few hundred yards to the stop.
  2. (intransitive) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
  3. (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.
  4. (UK, archaic, slang, transitive) To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.
    • A particular friend of mine complained that I had "trotted" him at a sale, but he did not see what was happening on the part of the other bidder.1927, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The Parliamentary Debates (Official Report), page 2221

See all 17 meanings of trot

Origin of trottest

trot + -est

Questions about trottest

What is trottest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trottest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of trot.

Words near trottest in the dictionary

  1. trotter cases
  2. Trotter's syndrome
  3. trotter-man
  4. trotter-men
  5. trotters
  6. trottest
  7. trotteth
  8. Trotti
  9. Trottier
  10. Trottiers
  11. trottin'

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