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English

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Noun

trots

  1. plural of trot

Noun

trots pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) Diarrhoea/diarrhea.
    Synonym: screaming trots
    I've had the trots all morning and haven't been able to go out.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, US, informal, with "the") A trotting race meet; harness racing.
    • 2002, Veronica Brodie, Mary-Anne Gale, My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie as Told to Mary-Anne Gale, South Australia: Wakefield Press, page 49:
      A lot of people used to go out to the trots at Wayville. You′d see them all dressed up in their beads and bonnets and looking all flash, going off to the trots.
    • 2006, Mike Dillon, From The Horses Mouth: The Keith Haub Story, HarperCollins New Zealand, published 2010, unnumbered page:
      ‘Russ drank two bottles of Coruba rum at the races then demanded to be driven to the Auckland night trots. We hadn′t been that keen on going to the trots, but when we dropped him there we figured we might as well stay for a couple of races. […] ’
    • 2008, J. D. Carpenter, Twelve Trees, Canada: Dundurn Press, page 24:
      I like both kinds of racing, thoroughbred and standardbred. Despite their lower social status, I like betting the trots just as much as I do the flats.
    • 2008, Drake Hokanson, Carol Kratz, Purebred & Homegrown: America′s County Fairs, US: Terrace Books, page 45:
      “ […] It is a fact that thousands come, pay their fee, and go straight to the amphitheater to see the trots, without whose fees premiums could not be paid to other classes.”
    • 2011, Mike Walsh, 8: From Hollywood to the Garden Suburb (and Back to Hollywood): Exhibition and Distribution in Australia, Richard Maltby, Daniel Biltereyst, Philippe Meers, Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies, Wiley, page 164,
      The introduction of harness racing on Saturday nights at nearby Wayville in 1934 caused serious consequences for the rest of the 1930s as ‘the trots’ regularly attracted crowds of 20 000. When the trots began to offer free admission to children accompanying their parents, the state Exhibitors′ Association, of which Thompson was then chair, tried to agitate against this on moral grounds.

Derived terms

Verb

trots

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trot

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Etymology 1

    Early modern borrowing from German Trotz (“defiance”), from Middle High German traz, of unknown origin.

    Noun

    trots m (uncountable, no diminutive)

    1. pride
      Synonyms: fierheid, fierte
    Descendants
    • Negerhollands: trots

    Etymology 2

      From the noun trots.

      Alternative forms

      Adjective

      trots (comparative trotser, superlative meest trots or trotst)

      1. proud [with op ‘of’]
        Synonym: fier
        Zij was erg trots op haar werk.
        She was very proud of her work.
      Declension
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      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

        Probably from the verb trotsen, from German trotzen. Compare German trotz.

        Preposition

        trots

        1. (archaic) despite

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        Noun

        trots m

        1. plural of trot

        Swedish

        Etymology

        From Old Swedish tratz, from Middle Low German trotz, tratz, from Middle High German trotz, trutz, tratz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål tross, Norwegian Nynorsk trass, Danish trods, older forms trotz, tratz, German trotz.

        Pronunciation

        Preposition

        trots

        1. in spite of, despite (that)
          Stranden var full av barn, trots regnet.
          The beach was full of kids, despite the rain.
          De kom i tid trots att de försov sig.
          They arrived on time despite the fact that they overslept.

        Noun

        trots n

        1. defiance
          Han gjorde det i rent trots.
          He did it in pure defiance.

        Declension

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