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

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An' gied the infant warld a shog, 'Maist rui'd a'.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

They shog on side by side—not home, but to the Doctor's house.

From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Kingsley, Charles

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

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

When the Tinker in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Coxcomb" says, "Come, prithee, let's shog off," what possible allusion to shaking is there, except, perhaps, to "shaking stumps"?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

During the afternoon we shogged steadily across the plain.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore

We shogged along to the next cover, Havoc as mild as milk.

From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot

Did not you take heed, quoth he, a little before he opened his mouth to speak, what a shogging, shaking, and wagging his head did keep?

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony