shog
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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.
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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 world a shog, 'Maist ruined a'.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
Shog has nothing whatever to do with shaking, unless when Nym says to Pistol, "Will you shog off?" he may be said to have shaken him off.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
Another's diving bow he did adore, Which, with a shog, casts all the hair before, Till he with full decorum brings it back, And rises with a water-spaniel shake.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
Heth, thin, had I a whisp o' straw and a bite, wid this moonlight fer company, I'd not shog from out this the night to be King!
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
An' gied the infant warld a shog, 'Maist rui'd a'.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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