dogtrot

1. 1.

   a steady trot like that of a dog

   Broaderjog

Other forms of dogtrot

plural

dogtrots·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dogtrot

What does dogtrot mean?

dogtrot means "a steady trot like that of a dog".

How many syllables are in dogtrot?

dogtrot has 2 syllables: dog-trot. The stress falls on "dog".

Is dogtrot a common word?

dogtrot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.