joggle
Americanverb (used with object)
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to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle.
She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
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to cause to shake or totter as by a sudden, slight push; jostle.
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to join or fasten by fitting a projection into a recess.
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to fit or fasten with dowels.
verb (used without object)
noun
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the act of joggling.
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a slight shake or jolt.
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a moving with jolts or jerks.
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a projection on one of two joining objects fitting into a corresponding recess in the other to prevent slipping.
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Carpentry. an enlarged area, as of a post or king post, for supporting the foot of a strut, brace, etc.
verb
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to shake or move (someone or something) with a slightly jolting motion
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(tr) to join or fasten (two pieces of building material) by means of a joggle
noun
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the act of joggling
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a slight irregular shake; jolt
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a joint between two pieces of building material by means of a projection on one piece that fits into a notch in the other; dowel
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a shoulder designed to take the thrust of a strut or brace
Other Word Forms
- joggler noun
Etymology
Origin of joggle
Example Sentences
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James says that joggling gives him an ache in his shoulders and a sore neck.
From BBC
It smacked people with an eerie jolt, joggled them into befuddled laughter or downright creeped them out.
From New York Times
Sipping my drink, I watched his backside joggle again.
From New York Times
When I talk to David Lockwood, a graphic designer from Glasgow who used to work nine‑to‑five in an office before the Covid outbreak, he is joggling his 20-week-old son on his lap.
From The Guardian
This “autobiography” joggles between her incarceration — teeming with the kinds of bodies and institutional food she wouldn’t have touched with a 10-foot fork in the outside world — and the glamorous life that led her there.
From New York Times
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