(the) trots

(the) trots
   diarrhoea
   The need is too immediate for walking:
    I'd already got the trots. They're supposed to cement you up. (P. Scott, 1975, describing pills)
   A sufferer is said to be on the trot.

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  • the trots — noun obscene terms for diarrhea • Syn: ↑the shits • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular …   Useful english dictionary

  • the trots — n. (Slang) diarrhea ( the trots ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • the trots — n British an attack of diarrhoea. The expression, heard since World War I, evokes swift but controlled movement to the lava tory …   Contemporary slang

  • (the) trots — • diarrhoea. Named because of the frequent trip to the khazi if you have this condition …   Londonisms dictionary

  • the trots — informal diarrhoea. → trot …   English new terms dictionary

  • trots — noun a) Diarrhoea/diarrhea. Ive had the trots all morning and havent been able to go out. b) A trotting race meet; harness racing. He went to the trots in Yonkers …   Wiktionary

  • trots — I Australian Slang 1. diarrhoea; 2. harness racing of horses II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) horse racing with a buggy diaorrhoea as in having a dose of the trots …   English dialects glossary

  • trots — horse racing with a buggy diaorrhoea as in having a dose of the trots …   Kiwi (New Zealand slang)

  • trots — n. (Slang) diarrhea ( the trots ) trÉ‘t /trÉ’t n. gait between a walk and a run, jog; gait of a horse between a walk and a canter; (Archaic) old woman v. move briskly; move with a gait between a walk and run (usually of a horse); cause to trot …   English contemporary dictionary

  • trots — n. a case of diarrhea. □ I got thetrots and can’t go out tonight. □ There’s a lot of the trots going around …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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