trotter

1. 1.

   foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food

   Broaderanimal foot

   Part ofhogsheep
2. 2.

   a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing

   Synonymstrotting horse

   Broaderracehorse

   Narrowerpole horse

Other forms of trotter

plural

trotters·

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 trotter

What does trotter mean?

trotter means "foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trotter?

trotter has 2 syllables: trot-ter. The stress falls on "trot". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɑtɚ/.

What is another word for trotter?

Close synonyms include trotting horse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trotter a common word?

trotter is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.