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jog

1[jog] verb, jogged, jog⋅ging, noun
–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)


jogger, noun
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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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