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

See Examples For:

jog trot

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

From Time Magazine Archive

As they turned and started at a jog trot northward, she remembered her sister and her new-found aunt.

From The Panchronicon by Harold Steele MacKaye

A horse drawing a wagon at a jog trot came down the road, and they accosted the occupant of the seat.

From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Ruel Perley Smith

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 Morgan Scott

Alice Waite, Rachel and Katherine climbed in behind, Betty and Roberta took the front seat, and they started at a jog trot down Meriden Place.

From Betty Wales Freshman by Edith K. Dunton