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jog

1  [jog] verb, jogged, jog⋅ging, noun
Use jog in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to move or shake with a push or jerk: The horseman jogged the reins lightly.
2. to cause to function with a jolt for a moment or in a series of disconnected motions: He jogged the motor and started the machine.
3. to push slightly, as to arouse the attention; nudge: She jogged his elbow when she wanted to be introduced to one of his friends.
4. to stir or jolt into activity or alertness, as by a hint or reminder: to jog a person's memory.
5. to cause (a horse) to go at a steady trot.
6. Printing. to align the edges of (a stack of sheets of paper of the same size) by gently tapping.
–verb (used without object)
7. to run at a leisurely, slow pace, esp. as an outdoor exercise: He jogs two miles every morning to keep in shape.
8. to run or ride at a steady trot: They jogged to the stable.
9. to move with a jolt or jerk: Her briefcase jogged against her leg as she walked.
10. to go or travel with a jolting pace or motion: The clumsy cart jogged down the bumpy road.
11. to go in a desultory or humdrum fashion (usually fol. by on or along): He just jogged along, getting by however he could.
–noun
12. a shake; slight push; nudge.
13. a steady trot, as of a horse.
14. an act, instance, or period of jogging: to go for a jog before breakfast.
15. a jogging pace: He approached us at a jog.
Origin:
1540–50; b. jot to jog (now dial.) and shog to shake, jog (late ME shoggen)

Related forms:
jogger, noun

jog

2  [jog] noun, verb, jogged, jog⋅ging.
–noun
1. an irregularity of line or surface; projection; notch.
2. a bend or turn: a country road full of sudden jogs.
3. Theater. a narrow flat placed at right angles to another flat to make a corner, used esp. in sets representing an interior.
–verb (used without object)
4. to bend or turn: The road jogs to the right beyond those trees.
Origin:
1705–15; var. of jag 1
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jog 1   (jŏg)   
v.   jogged, jog·ging, jogs

v.   tr.

  1. To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar: a rough wagon ride that jogged the passengers.

  2. To give a push or shake to; nudge: jogged her dozing companion with her elbow.

  3. To rouse or stimulate as if by nudging: an old photo that might jog your memory.

  4. To cause (a horse) to move at a leisurely pace.

v.   intr.

  1. To move with a jolting rhythm: The pack jogged against his back as he ran.

    1. To run or ride at a steady slow trot: jogged out to their positions on the playing field.

    2. Sports To run in such a way for sport or exercise.

    3. To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace: The old car jogged along until it reached the hill.

    4. To proceed in a leisurely manner: "while his life was thus jogging easily along" (Duff Cooper).

    1. To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace: The old car jogged along until it reached the hill.

    2. To proceed in a leisurely manner: "while his life was thus jogging easily along" (Duff Cooper).

n.  

  1. A slight push or shake; a nudge.

  2. A jogging movement or rhythm.

  3. A slow steady trot.


[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.]
jog'ger n.
jog 2   (jŏg)   
n.  

  1. A protruding or receding part in a surface or line.

  2. An abrupt change in direction: a jog in the road.

intr.v.   jogged, jog·ging, jogs
To turn sharply; veer: Here the boundary jogs south.

[Variant of jag1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

jog 
1548, "to shake up and down," perhaps altered from M.E. shoggen "to shake, jolt, move with a jerk," of uncertain origin. Meanings "shake," "stir up by hint," and "walk or ride with a jolting pace" are from 16c. The main modern sense is attested from 1565 but mostly dates from 1948; at first a training regimen for athletes, it became a fad c.1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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