jog
UK /d͡ʒɒɡ/ · US /d͡ʒɑɡ/ noun, verb
Forms jogs jogging jogged
- noun An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
- noun A sudden push or nudge.
- noun (theater) A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
- noun In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
- verb (transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt. “jog one's elbow”
- verb (transitive) To shake, stir or rouse. “I tried desperately to jog my memory.”
- verb (intransitive) To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
- verb (exercise, intransitive) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace. “I saw her jogging in the forest yesterday.”
- verb (transitive) To cause to move at an energetic trot. “to jog a horse”
- verb (transitive) To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.
Synonyms
return piece refresh ZOG trot lope nudge ramble on ramble square up even up clip
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”).
Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.
- verb To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.
- verb To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; --usually with on, sometimes with over.
- noun A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
Etymology [OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “jog”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details