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CDTV (iou) and trot(1) (iou)


CDTV (iou)



CDTV abbreviation.
Compact disc Television.

trot(1) (iou)



trot noun1. ME.
[Old & mod. French, from troter: see TROT verb. Branch II perh. a different word.]
I.
a. A gait between walking and running; spec. (a) the gait of a horse or Other quadruped, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs almost together, so that when moving fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once; (b) the gait of a person running at a moderate pace with short strides. ME.
J. Clavell They were riding downhill in a quick, bone-jarring trot. G. Tindall He set off at a trot up the path.
b. Orig., a journey or expedition on horseback. Later, an act or spell of trotting; a ride at this pace. rare. M17.
c. The sound made by a trotting horse etc. M19.
Ouida The trot of the chargers..had passed into silence.
A trotting-race. In pl. (colloq., orig. Austral. & NZ), a series of trotting-races held at a fixed time on a regular course. M19.
Sherwood Anderson Mayer's bay stallion..had won the two-fifteen trot at the fall races.
A toddling child; a small or young animal. arch. colloq. M19.
A literal translation of a text used by students; a crib. US slang. L19.
Times Literary Supplement The translations are rarely better than lame trots.
A sequence, a succession, esp. in a game of chance; a run of luck (freq. with specifying word). colloq. (orig. Austral.). E20.
D. R. Stuart He's had a damn good trot.
II.
In full trot-line. A long fishing-line lightly anchored or buoyed and supporting short lines with baited hooks. Also called trout-line. M19.
Nautical. A multiple mooring for small boats or yachts consisting of a base mooring laid in a straight line and supporting individual moorings at spaced intervals. E20.
Phrases: on the trot colloq. (a) continually busy; (b) in succession; (c) escaping, running away, absconding. the trots slang an attack of diarrhoea.
trotty adjective (arch. colloq.) of daintily small proportions; pleasing: L19.