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jog1

[jog]
verb (used with object), jogged, jog·ging.
  1. to move or shake with a push or jerk: The horseman jogged the reins lightly.
  2. to cause to function with a jolt for a moment or in a series of disconnected motions: He jogged the motor and started the machine.
  3. to push slightly, as to arouse the attention; nudge: She jogged his elbow when she wanted to be introduced to one of his friends.
  4. to stir or jolt into activity or alertness, as by a hint or reminder: to jog a person's memory.
  5. to cause (a horse) to go at a steady trot.
  6. Printing. to align the edges of (a stack of sheets of paper of the same size) by gently tapping.
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verb (used without object), jogged, jog·ging.
  1. to run at a leisurely, slow pace, especially as an outdoor exercise: He jogs two miles every morning to keep in shape.
  2. to run or ride at a steady trot: They jogged to the stable.
  3. to move with a jolt or jerk: Her briefcase jogged against her leg as she walked.
  4. to go or travel with a jolting pace or motion: The clumsy cart jogged down the bumpy road.
  5. to go in a desultory or humdrum fashion (usually followed by on or along): He just jogged along, getting by however he could.
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noun
  1. a shake; slight push; nudge.
  2. a steady trot, as of a horse.
  3. an act, instance, or period of jogging: to go for a jog before breakfast.
  4. a jogging pace: He approached us at a jog.
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Origin of jog1

1540–50; blend of jot to jog (now dial.) and shog to shake, jog (late Middle English shoggen)
Related formsjog·ger, noun

jog2

[jog]
noun
  1. an irregularity of line or surface; projection; notch.
  2. a bend or turn: a country road full of sudden jogs.
  3. Theater. a narrow flat placed at right angles to another flat to make a corner, used especially in sets representing an interior.
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verb (used without object), jogged, jog·ging.
  1. to bend or turn: The road jogs to the right beyond those trees.
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Origin of jog2

First recorded in 1705–15; variant of jag1
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Related Words

shove, whack, bounce, shake, dash, sprint, amble, lope, trot, prompt, agitate, arouse, nudge, jounce, suggest, jar, jolt, jiggle, jostle, prod

Examples from the Web for jogs

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Historical Examples

  • That is quicker than by diligence, and one has leisure to see the country as he jogs along.

    Saunterings

    Charles Dudley Warner

  • Not always so patient, however, he jogs James's memory with a hundred remedies.

    Royal Edinburgh

    Margaret Oliphant

  • Esther watches her as she jogs along with a feeling of envy.

    Red as a Rose is She

    Rhoda Broughton

  • Along the road there jogs at the customary trot a horse with a cariole-skyds.

    Magnhild Dust

    Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

  • For months and years he jogs on with us, a dull and sober-paced pedestrian.

    Idolatry

    Julian Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for jogs

jog1

verb jogs, jogging or jogged
  1. (intr) to run or move slowly or at a jog trot, esp for physical exercise
  2. (intr; foll by on or along) to continue in a plodding way
  3. (tr) to jar or nudge slightly; shake lightly
  4. (tr) to remind; stimulateplease jog my memory
  5. (tr) printing to even up the edges of (a stack of paper); square up
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noun
  1. the act of jogging
  2. a slight jar or nudge
  3. a jogging motion; trot
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Word Origin

C14: probably variant of shog to shake, influenced by dialect jot to jolt

jog2

noun US and Canadian
  1. a sharp protruding point in a surface; jag
  2. a sudden change in course or direction
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Word Origin

C18: probably variant of jag 1
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Word Origin and History for jogs

jog

v.

1540s, "to shake up and down," perhaps altered from Middle English shoggen "to shake, jolt, move with a jerk" (late 14c.), of uncertain origin. Meanings "shake," "stir up by hint or push," and "walk or ride with a jolting pace" are from 16c. The main modern sense in reference to running as training mostly dates from 1948; at first a regimen for athletes, it became a popular fad c.1967. Perhaps this sense is extended from its use in horsemanship.

Jogging. The act of exercising, or working a horse to keep him in condition, or to prepare him for a race. There is no development in jogging, and it is wholly a preliminary exercise to bring the muscular organization to the point of sustained, determined action. [Samuel L. Boardman, "Handbook of the Turf," New York, 1910]

Related: Jogged; jogging. As a noun from 1610s.

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