trotter

noun

Definition of trotternext
as in racehorse

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Recent Examples of trotter Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth. — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024 One Studios International is getting on its trotters through its eye-catchingly titled doc If Pigs Could Talk. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024 The steaming pigeon and trotter pie at St. John comes to mind, as does a haunch of venison, served on lush spring greens, at the aforementioned Palmerston. — Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for trotter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotter
  1. racehorse
  2. pony
  3. warhorse
  4. packhorse
  5. mount
  6. mare
  7. roan
  8. colt
Noun
  • Purchasing a racehorse often required hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, along with ongoing training, veterinary, and management expenses.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Eighteen racehorses were inside the barn when the fire broke out.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 17 June 2026
Definition of racehorse
Noun
  • Her hair was pulled into a sleek high pony that cascaded down her back.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • On July 3, families can attend the Cub Foods Family Fun Night, complete with inflatables, pony rides, magic and much more.
    — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of pony
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of warhorse
Noun
  • Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
  • In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
Definition of packhorse
Noun
  • For return to flight, Blue Origin will not rebuilding the transporter-erector, but will instead use a crane to lift the rocket vertical on its launch mount.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
  • The engine mounts were closely inspected following the November crash, and going forward the spherical bearings will be replaced regularly, after every 4,000 cycles of takeoffs and landings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of mount
Noun
  • Insulin can come from pig pancreases, estrogen from the urine of pregnant mares.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
    — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of mare
Noun
  • The effort builds on roughly two years of development, during which the company has assembled the ancient bluebuck genome, created a reference genome using the roan antelope, completed comparative genomic analysis, and established foundational cellular and reproductive systems for the species.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Scientific breakthroughs could also aid in antelope conservation Hofreiter and other researchers created a bluebuck genome from a specimen at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, identifying the roan and sable antelope as the bluebuck's closest living relatives.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of roan
Noun
  • With the win, the colt lofted his trainer Cherie DeVaux to yet a more exalted rung on racing history’s ladder.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 June 2026
  • The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Definition of colt

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“Trotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotter. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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