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jog⋅gle

  [jog-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
2. to cause to shake or totter as by a sudden, slight push; jostle.
3. to join or fasten by fitting a projection into a recess.
4. to fit or fasten with dowels.
–verb (used without object)
5. to move irregularly; have a jogging or jolting motion; shake.
–noun
6. the act of joggling.
7. a slight shake or jolt.
8. a moving with jolts or jerks.
9. a projection on one of two joining objects fitting into a corresponding recess in the other to prevent slipping.
10. Carpentry. an enlarged area, as of a post or king post, for supporting the foot of a strut, brace, etc.
Origin:
1505–15; jog 1 + -le

Related forms:
joggler, noun
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jog·gle 1   (jŏg'əl)   
v.   jog·gled, jog·gling, jog·gles

v.   tr.
To shake or jar slightly.
v.   intr.
To move with a shaking or lightly jolting motion.
n.  A shaking or lightly jolting motion.

[Perhaps frequentative of jog1.]
jog·gle 2   (jŏg'əl)   
n.  
  1. A joint between two pieces of building material formed by a notch and a fitted projection.
  2. The notch or the projecting piece used in such a joint.
tr.v.   jog·gled, jog·gling, jog·gles
To join or attach by means of a joggle.

[Perhaps from jog2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Joggle

Jog"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Joggling.] [Freq. of jog.]

1. To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.

2. (Arch.) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.

The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts. --Gwilt.

Joggle

Jog"gle\, v. i. To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

Joggle

Jog"gle\, n. [Arch.] A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.

Joggle joint (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.
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Language Translation for : joggle
Spanish: menear,
German: rütteln,
Japanese: 揺すぶる
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