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Definition of dogtrot in English:

dogtrot

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noun

  • 1in singular A gentle easy trot.

    run, jogtrot, dogtrot, trot, lope

  • 2North American (in the southern US) an open-ended passage that runs through the center of a house, flanked by two enclosed living spaces.

Pronunciation

dogtrot

/ˈdäɡˌträt/ /ˈdɑɡˌtrɑt/

intransitive verbintransitive verb dogtrots, intransitive verb dogtrotting, intransitive verb dogtrotted

[no object]

  • Move at a dogtrot.

    • ‘they dogtrotted back up the path’
    sprint, race, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind, flash, double

Pronunciation

dogtrot

/ˈdäɡˌträt/ /ˈdɑɡˌtrɑt/