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

Cheered by the thought, I urged my horse into a jog trot, which, however, soon fell back into a walk as the weary beast floundered through the deeper mire of the town's main street.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet

Beaver Jack seemed to understand the demand at once, for he broke into something resembling a jog trot, if there is such a thing when dealing with snowshoes.

From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

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

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 Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman