jog
(jäg)
transitive verb jogged, jogging
- to give a little shake, shove, or jerk to
- to nudge
- to shake up or revive (a person's memory)
- to cause to jog
Origin: ME joggen, to spur (a horse), var. of jaggen, to jag
intransitive verb
- to move along at a slow, steady, jolting pace or trot; specif., to engage in jogging as a form of exercise
- to go (on or along) in a steady, slow, heavy manner
noun
- a little shake, shove, or nudge
- a slow, steady, jolting motion or trot
- an act or instance of jogging
Related Forms:
- jogger noun
See jog in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb jogged jogged, jog·ging, jogs verb, transitive
- To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar: a rough wagon ride that jogged the passengers.
- To give a push or shake to; nudge: jogged her dozing companion with her elbow.
- To rouse or stimulate as if by nudging: an old photo that might jog your memory.
- To cause (a horse) to move at a leisurely pace.
- To move with a jolting rhythm: The pack jogged against his back as he ran.
- a. To run or ride at a steady slow trot: jogged out to their positions on the playing field.b. Sports To run in such a way for sport or exercise.
- a. To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace: The old car jogged along until it reached the hill.b. To proceed in a leisurely manner: “while his life was thus jogging easily along” (Duff Cooper).
- A slight push or shake; a nudge.
- A jogging movement or rhythm.
- A slow steady trot.
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps alteration of Middle English shoggen, to shake, move with a jerk
Origin: , perhaps alteration of shokken, to move rapidly
Origin: , from Middle Low German schocken, to shake
.Related Forms:
- jogˈger noun
noun
- A protruding or receding part in a surface or line.
- An abrupt change in direction: a jog in the road.
To turn sharply; veer: Here the boundary jogs south.
Origin:
Origin: Variant of jag1
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