Home › Words › D › dogtrotdogtrotdogtrot · adj — having an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, dogtrot ranks #1,463 of 43,049 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English dogge trot; equivalent to dog + trot.adjHaving an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house.e.g.“If America can claim any significant development in log construction, it might be the dogtrot cabin, … Henry Glassie believes that the dogtrot form developed in the southern Tennessee Valley area ...” — 1977, Charles van Ravenswaay, The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri, reprint edition (History), University of Missouri Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 131:nounA steady trotting motion similar to that of a dog.A breezeway, open passageway, or open hallway between two sections of a house.e.g.“Old Billy Dill and his ugly wife and son are sitting together in the dogtrot.” — 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:A type of house with an open breezeway or hallway between two sections of a house.verbTo move at the pace of a dogtrot.e.g.“The stewardess released us like a pack of noisy school kids and I dogtrotted toward the gate.” — 1989, Sue Grafton, "E" is for Evidence (Fiction), Crimeline, →ISBN:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.trot 73% match — A Trotskyite. vs dogtrot →entrepas 61% match — An ambling gait between a walk and a trot. vs dogtrot →outtrot 61% match — To trot faster than. vs dogtrot →tolutation 61% match — A pacing or ambling. vs dogtrot →pasitrote 60% match — A horse gait similar to an amble vs dogtrot →galloping 58% match — Movement at a gallop. vs dogtrot →foxtrotter 58% match — A kind of horse, the Missouri Fox Trotter. vs dogtrot →cantering 54% match — Movement at a canter. vs dogtrot →