different between trot vs rock

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trott?, *trot? (“to go”), from Frankish *trott?n (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trud?n?, *trudan?, *tradjan? (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh?- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trott?n (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of tread.

Noun

trot (plural trots)

1. (archaic, derogatory) An ugly old woman, a hag. [From 1362.]
2. (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).
   • 2000, Margaret H. Bonham, Introduction to: Dog Agility, page 14,

     Dogs have a variety of gaits. Most dogs have the walk, trot, pace, and gallop.

   • 2008, Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor, Equine Exercise Physiology: The Science of Exercise in the Athletic Horse, Elsevier, page 154,

     The toelt is comfortable for the rider because the amplitude of the dorsoventral displacement is lower than at the trot. […] The slow trot is a two-beat symmetric diagonal gait. Among the normal variations of the trot of saddle horses, the speed of the gait increases from collected to extended trot.

   • 2009, Gordon Wright, George H. Morris, Learning To Ride, Hunt, And Show, page 65,

     To assume the correct position for the posting trot, first walk, with the body inclined forward in a posting position. Then put the horse into a slow or sitting trot at six miles an hour. Do not post.

3. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
4. A brisk journey or progression.

   We often take the car and have a trot down to the beach.

   In this lesson we'll have a quick trot through Chapter 3 before moving on to Chapter 4.

5. A toddler. [From 1854.]
   • 1855, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, 1869, The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume V: The Newcomes, Volume I, page 123,

     […] but Ethel romped with the little children — the rosy little trots — and took them on her knees, and told them a thousand stories.

6. (obsolete) A young animal. [From 1895.]
7. (dance) A moderately rapid dance.
8. (Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
9. (Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.

   He?s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon.

   • 1994, Noel Virtue, Sandspit Crossing, page 34,

     It was to be a hugely special occasion, for apart from the picture shows at the Majestic, there was usually nothing at all going on in Sandspit to make anyone think they were on a good trot living there.

   • 2004, John Mosig, Ric Fallu, Australian Fish Farmer: A Practical Guide to Aquaculture, 2nd Edition, page 21,

     Should he or she be having a bad trot, the exchange rate will be higher than normal.

10. (dated, slang, among students) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
11. (informal, as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.

    He's got a bad case of the trots and has to keep running off to the toilet.

Synonyms

• (gait of an animal between walk and canter):
• (ugly old woman): See Thesaurus:old woman
• (gait of a person faster than a walk): jog

Derived terms

Translations

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.

   The dog trotted along obediently by his master's side.

   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xiv:

     I would trot ten or twelve miles each day, go into a cheap restaurant and eat my fill of bread, but would never be satisfied. During these wanderings I once hit on a vegetarian restaurant in Farringdon Street. The sight of it filled me with the same joy that a child feels on getting a thing after its own heart.

   • c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane:

     They sent little Jane to the garden to play,

     But she opened the gate, and then trotted away

     Under the hawthorns and down the green lane,

     Bad little, mad little, runaway Jane!

2. (intransitive, of a horse) 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.

Synonyms

• (to walk rapidly): jog, pace
  • See also Thesaurus:walk, Thesaurus:run

Derived terms

• hot to trot
• strong enough to trot a mouse on

Translations

Etymology 2

Short for foxtrot, whose rhythms influenced the genre.

Noun

trot (uncountable)

1. A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.

Synonyms

• ppongjjak

Etymology 3

Noun

trot (plural trots)

1. (derogatory, properly Trot) Clipping of Trotskyist.

References

Anagrams

• -tort, ROTT, Rott, TRTO, tort

French

Etymology

From Old French trot, troter, from Medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?o/

Noun

trot m (plural trots)

1. trot

Further reading

• “trot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tort

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trott?, *trot? (“to go”), from Frankish *trott?n (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trud?n?, *trudan?, *tradjan? (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh?- (“to run, escape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tr?t], [trot]

Verb

trot (third-person singular present trots, present participle trottin, past trottit, past participle trottit)

1. to move at a quick steady pace
2. (of water) to flow rapidly and noisily, purl, ripple

Derived terms

• (Ulster) trottle-caur (“a low vehicle for moving hay”)

Noun

trot (plural trots)

1. a short, quick pace
2. the fall, angle, or run on a drain

Derived terms

• jeoparty trot (“a quick motion between running and walking”)
• job-trot (“a slow, monotonous or easy going pace, the settled routine or way of doing things”)
• short in the trot (“short-tempered”)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tr?t?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tró?t/

Noun

tr??t m anim

1. drone (male bee)

Inflection

Further reading

• “trot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English throat.

Noun

trot

1. throat

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) /??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k/
• (General American) enPR: r?k, IPA^(key): /??k/
• Homophones: roc, rawk
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English st?nrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish [Term?]) origin (compare Breton roc'h).

Noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

1. A formation of minerals, specifically:
   1. (uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.

   2. A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.

   3. (chiefly British) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

   4. (geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
   5. (slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.

2. A large hill or island having no vegetation.

3. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 16:18,

     And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

   • 1991, Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, Soapdish, Paramount Pictures,

     Celeste Talbert: She is my rock, my right hand.

4. A lump or cube of ice.

5. (Britain, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.

6. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.

   Synonyms: crack rock, candy
7. (US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
8. (South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
9. (US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
10. Any of several fish:
    1. The striped bass.
    2. The huss or rock salmon.

       We ordered rock and chips to take away.

11. (US, basketball, slang) A basketball.

    Yo homie, pass the rock!

12. (US, baseball, slang) A mistake.
    • 2014, Joe Morgan, ?Richard Lally, Baseball For Dummies (page 227)

      Now, you should never make the last out of an inning at third, and when a player does it, everyone knows he pulled a rock.

13. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
14. (informal, cricket) A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
15. (CB radio slang) A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
    • 1980, Joseph J. Carr, The Complete Handbook of Radio Receivers (page 199)

      It was easily possible to double the cost of a CB rig just by adding all of the "rocks" necessary to do the job.

Synonyms

• (natural mineral aggregate): stone
• (projecting mass of rock): cliff
• (boulder or large stone): boulder, pebble, stone
• (something strong, stable, and dependable): foundation, support
• (precious stone or gem): gem, diamond
• (lump of ice): ice, ice cube
• (crystallized lump of crack cocaine): crack
• (Afrikaner): Afrikaner
• bedrock

Hyponyms

• (geology): country rock

Derived terms

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English rokken, from Old English roccian, from Proto-Germanic *rukk?n? (compare obsolete Dutch rokken, Middle High German rocken (“to drag, jerk”), Modern German rücken (“to move, shift”), Icelandic rukka (“to yank”)), from Proto-Germanic *rugn?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ruk-néh?, from *h?runk- (compare Latin runc?re (“to weed”), Latvian r???t (“to toss, dig”)).

Verb

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.

2. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.

   • A rising earthquake rocked the ground.

3. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.

4. (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

5. (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).

6. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
7. (slang, transitive, euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with.
8. (intransitive) To sway one's body as a stim.

Synonyms

• (move gently back and forth): waver; see also Thesaurus:sway
• (cause to shake violently): agitate, trouble
• (sway violently back and forth): judder; see also Thesaurus:shake
• (do well): cook with gas, flourish
• (have sex with): go to bed with, hit, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

rock (plural rocks)

1. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.

Translations

Etymology 3

Shortened from rock and roll. Since the meaning of rock has adapted to mean a simpler, more modern, metal-like genre, rock and roll has generally been left referring to earlier forms such as that of the 1950s, notably more swing-oriented style.

Noun

rock (uncountable)

1. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

rock (third-person singular simple present rocks, present participle rocking, simple past and past participle rocked)

1. (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

   Let’s rock!

2. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

   Chocolate rocks.

   My holidays in Ibiza rocked! I can't wait to go back.

3. (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music

   Let's rock this joint!

4. (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully

   I need to rock a piss.

6. (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
   • 2011, Tim Jonze, The Guardian, 29 Apr 2011:

     Take today, where she's rocking that well-known fashion combo – a Tory Burch outfit offset with a whacking great bruise attained by smacking her head on a plane's overhead lockers.

Synonyms

• (be very favourable or skilful): rule

Antonyms

• (be very favourable or skilful): stink, suck (the latter may be perceived as vulgar)

Related terms

• rock and roll

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English rok, rocke, rokke, perhaps from Middle Dutch rocke (whence Dutch rokken), Middle Low German rocken, or Old Norse rokkr (whence Icelandic / Faroese rokkur, Danish rok, Swedish spinnrock (“spinning wheel”)). Cognate with Old High German rocko (“distaff”).

Noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

1. (countable) Distaff.
2. (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.

Synonyms

• (distaff): distaff
• (flax or wool):

Translations

Etymology 5

Noun

rock (plural rocks)

1. Archaic form of roc (mythical bird)

Anagrams

• Cork, Kroc, cork

Catalan

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?r?k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock, rock music

Further reading

• “rock” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rock” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “rock” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Etymology

From English rock.

Noun

rock m

1. rock (style of music)

Derived terms

• rockový

Dutch

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k
• IPA^(key): /r?k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rok/, [?ro?k]

Noun

rock

1. rock (style of music)

Declension

Synonyms

• rock-musiikki
• rokki

Derived terms

• rokata
• rokkari
• suomirock

Compounds

• hevirock
• rockelokuva
• rockmusiikki
• rockooppera
• rocktähti
• rockvideo
• rockyhtye

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

Derived terms

• (n.) rockeur m / rockeuse f
• (v.) rocker

Further reading

• “rock” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rok?]
• Hyphenation: rock

Noun

rock (plural rockok)

1. (music) rock (style of music)

   Synonym: rockzene

Declension

Derived terms

• rockos

Related terms

Italian

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?k/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

Further reading

• rock in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?k/

Noun

rock m inan

1. rock (style of music)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) rockowy

Related terms

• (noun) rock and roll

Further reading

• rock in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• rock in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• roque

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??k/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???k/, /???.ki/

Noun

rock m (uncountable)

1. rock (style of music)

   Synonym: rock and roll

Derived terms

• roqueiro

Spanish

Etymology

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rok/, [?rok]

Noun

rock m (plural rocks)

1. rock (music style)

Derived terms

• roquero m, roquera f
• rockero m, rockera f
• rockear
• rockódromo m
• rock pesado

Related terms

• rocanrol m
• rocanrolero m
• rock and roll m

Further reading

• “rock” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹r?k/, [¹r?k?]
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish rokker, from Middle Low German rock, from Old Saxon rok, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

Noun

rock c

1. a coat, an overcoat

Declension

Synonyms

• kappa
• päls
• trenchcoat
• ulster

Related terms

• rockslag
• söndagsrock
• vinterrock
• ytterrock

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rock.

Noun

rock c (uncountable)

1. (music, uncountable) rock, rock and roll

Declension

Related terms

• rockband
• rockmusik

References

• rock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• rock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)