trots

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of trot
2. (plural, plural-only, slang)Diarrhoea/diarrhea.

   “I've had the trots all morning and haven't been able to go out.”

3. (Australia, New-Zealand, US, informal, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article)A trotting race meet; harness racing.

   “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.”

   “‘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.[…]’”

   “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.”

   ““[…]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.””

4. (form-of, plural)plural of Trot

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of trot