Jog Definition

jŏg
jogged, jogging, jogs
verb
jogged, jogging, jogs
To turn sharply; veer.
Here the boundary jogs south.
American Heritage
To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar.
A rough wagon ride that jogged the passengers.
American Heritage
To give a little shake, shove, or jerk to.
Webster's New World
To nudge.
Webster's New World
To form or make a jog.
Turn left where the road jogs.
Webster's New World
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noun
jogs
A little shake, shove, or nudge.
Webster's New World
An act or instance of jogging.
Webster's New World
A slow, steady, jolting motion or trot.
Webster's New World
A projecting or notched part, esp. one at right angles, in a surface or line.
Webster's New World
A sharp, temporary change of direction, as in a road or one's course.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Jog

Noun

Singular:
jog
Plural:
jogs

Origin of Jog

  • From earlier shog (“to jolt, shake”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schucken (“to shog”), from Old Saxon *skokkan (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). More at shock.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps alteration of Middle English shoggen to shake, move with a jerk perhaps alteration of shokken to move rapidly from Middle Low German schocken to shake

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Variant of jag

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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