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jog⋅gle

[jog-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
–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


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.]
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