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Definition: TROTTING |
TROTTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Trot |
Date "TROTTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: TROTTING |
| English words defined with "TROTTING": harness race, harness racing, high stepper, horse race ♦ Standard-bred, stepper, Succussation ♦ To make time. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TROTTING": bovine spongiform encephalopathy ♦ cow madness. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TROTTING": Trot. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Globe Trotting with Hy Mayer (1916) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Horse and buggy trotting along the road with man approaching. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Oliver W., the famous trotting ostrich [at Florida Ostrich Farm, Jacksonville]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | An Ostrich as a trotting horse. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Trotting horse race, State Fair, Rutland, Vermont. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Trotting cracks at home, a model stable / sketched by Thos. Worth ; lith of Currier & Ives. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Trotting gelding Prince Wilkes by Red Wilkes: record 2:14 3/4. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Trotting stallion Nelson, by Young Rolfe: record 2:10. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fast trotting to fast wheels. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Celebrated American trotting horses / lith. W.H. Rease ; painted by R.A. Clarke. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The trotting mare "American Girl" driven by M. Roden / J. Cameron. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Horses trotting on street. | | Horse trotting then neighs. |
| Clip clop of horse trotting by. | | Horse trotting on street. |
| Horse trotting by on the pavement. | | Horses trotting on street. |
| Horse trotting by on the pavement. | | Horse trotting. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At this table sat a man about forty years old, with a joyous, open countenance, who was trotting a little child upon his knee. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "TROTTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.12% of the time. "TROTTING" is used about 123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 95.12% | 117 | 29,823 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.07% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.81% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 123 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "TROTTING": trotting horse ♦ trotting race. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "TROTTING": bog-trotting, globe-trotting, jog-trotting, pony-trotting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "TROTTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 小跑 (trot, Trotted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | traversyge (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), scrapie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), rida (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | skrepie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), scrapie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | raviurheilu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trot (trot), séance de trot. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | trottend (jogging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκράπι (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | világjáró (globe trotter, globe-trotting, roadster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scrapie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), malattia del trotto della pecora (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 世界一周 (circumnavigation, globe-trotting, round-the-world trip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せかいいっしゅう (circumnavigation, globe-trotting, round-the-world trip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | troytal (trot), dridey (trot out, trot out as horse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ottingtray tremor epizoótico dos ovinos (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease). (various references) рысить (trotted). (various references) sodar (trotting as a horse). (various references) tembladera de los ovinos (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), prurito lumbar (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease). (various references) travare (Trotter), trav (trot). (various references) tırıs tempoda at yarışı (trotting race). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TROTTING": dogtrotting, foxtrotting, outtrotting. (additional references) | |
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"TROTTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grotting, throtting, trating, trodding, Troitino, Trotton, trotty. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TROTTING" (pronounced trÄ"ting) |
| 5 | -r Ä" t i ng | rotting. |
| 4 | -Ä" t i ng | allotting, clotting, dotting, plotting, slotting, spotting, squatting, yachting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-n-o-r-t-t-t" | |
-1 letter: rotting, totting. | |
-2 letters: intort, toting, trigon, triton. | |
-3 letters: giron, griot, groin, ingot, intro, nitro, tigon, trigo. | |
-4 letters: girn, giro, girt, grin, grit, grot, inro, into, iron, noir, nori, ring, riot, roti, ting, tint, tiro, toit, tong, tori, torn, tort, trig, trio, trot. | |
-5 letters: gin, git, gor, got, ion, nit, nog, nor, not, ort, rig, rin. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-n-o-r-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tottering. | |
+2 letters: throttling. | |
+3 letters: dogtrotting, foxtrotting, outstarting, outtrotting, totteringly. | |
+4 letters: autorotating, ghostwritten, intromitting, outthrusting, prostituting, reoutfitting, retrofitting, shortcutting. | |
+5 letters: outglittering, outstretching, thermosetting, thermostating. | |
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