jog trot

American  

noun

1. a slow, regular, jolting pace, as of a horse.

2. an uneventful, humdrum way of living, doing something, etc..

   a sleepy little town where life proceeded at a jog trot.

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jog trot British  

noun

1. an easy bouncy gait, esp of a horse, midway between a walk and a trot

2. a monotonous or regular way of living or doing something

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verb

1. (intr) to move at a jog trot

Etymology

Origin of jog trot

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

Within this idiom, which can so easily descend to jog trot, she frequently so descends.

From Time Magazine Archive

All right, old hoss," I replied, "the jog trot for me.

From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn

Clyde and Farwell, riding decorously at an easy jog trot, heard the thunder of hoofs behind them, and turned to see the bay and the buckskin sweep past, encouraged by voice and heel.

From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

Piper, laughing, scored at a jog trot; while Tuttle, his fists clenched, his eyes glaring, his cheeks puffed out like toy balloons, galloped over the sacks with all the grace of a frightened elephant.

From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan

Instead of preparing to hold this position until the arrival of his reinforcements, he kept on up the valley at a jog trot.

From Bloom of Cactus by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)