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animals running
trot
to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
• A little dog was trotting behind her.
gallop
if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
• The horse galloped off across the field.
bolt
to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
• Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun a trot ADJ. brisk, fast, spanking | gentle VERB + TROT break into When the horses reached the field they broke into a brisk trot. | slow to PREP. at a ~ We set off at a fast trot. | into a ~ He kicked his horse into a trot., verb ADV. briskly, quickly | happily | obediently Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. | across, along, off, over He trotted off to greet the other guests. PREP. down, up She trotted quickly down the stairs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary