shog

American  

[shog, shawg] / ʃɒg, ʃɔg /

verb (used with object)

shogged, shogging

1. to shake; jolt.

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verb (used without object)

shogged, shogging

1. to jog along.

noun

1. a shake; jolt.

Usage

What does shog mean? Shog can be a verb meaning to shake or jolt, or a noun meaning a shake or jolt. It can also be used as a verb meaning to jog along.
Shog is used in the Scottish and British dialects, but very rarely.
Shog was the Dictionary.com Word of the Day on June 19, 2019!
Example: The thunder was so loud that it shogged me awake!

Etymology

Origin of shog

1350–1400; Middle English shoggen (v.); perhaps akin to shock ¹

Example Sentences

If perchance a trot, it was a mere shog, comfortable enough with a short seat and high cantle.

From Project Gutenberg

Shog, shog, v.i. to shake, jog, move on, be gone.—v.t. to shake.—n. a jog, shock.

From Project Gutenberg

This will be a rare shog to poor Sir Oliver; he will turn paper-colour; he will pray like a windmill.”

From Project Gutenberg

There from "Fop's Corner" rises the tipsy laugh, the prattle, and the chatter, as the dukes and lords, the wits and courtiers, practise what Dryden calls "the diving bow," or "the toss and the new French wallow"—the diving bow being especially admired, because it— "With a shog casts all the hair before, Till he, with full decorum, brings it back, And rises with a water-spaniel's shake."

From Project Gutenberg

If the cross old gardener happened to see us he’d come limping in our direction as fast as his lame legs could carry him, calling out angrily that if we did not ‘shog off right away, he’d set his ten commandments in our faces.’

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