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verb

Jog v. t. (past & past part. jogged; pres. part. jogging)

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. "Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see Yonder well-favored youth?" "Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my side."

To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.

To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.

Jog v. i.

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. "Jog on, jog on, the footpath way." "So hung his destiny, never to rot, While he might still jog on and keep his trot." "The good old ways our sires jogged safely over."

To run at less than maximum speed; to move on foot at a pace between a walk and a run; to run at a moderate pace so as to be able to continue for some time; performed by people, mostly for exercise.

noun

Jog n.

A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt. "To give them by turns an invisible jog."

A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane.

A liesurely running pace. See jog (2), v. i.

Jog trot, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to.

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Etymology of 'Jog'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jog" Quotes from Famous Books

... approaching figure drew near, it was seen to be that of an Indian on horseback. He rode carelessly at a jog-trot. ...

— The Buffalo Runners - A Tale of the Red River Plains • R.M. Ballantyne

... rebellion. Smoke swung back the crystal of his watch and by the feel of finger-tips on the naked hands made out eleven o'clock. The men about him quickened. The legs that had lifted through a dozen strenuous hours lifted in a still swifter pace that was half a run and mostly a running jog. Through a dark spruce-flat they burst upon an abrupt glare of light from many fires and upon an abrupt increase of sound. The great camp ...

— Smoke Bellew • Jack London

... ruined—but anything to be in Spain once more. The launch rolls and umbrellas drip, and we have hundreds of yards along splashing wet pier, G. balancing on timbers and wire cables to keep a little out of the mud—one umbrella for the two. Then a jog up the town in a funny little victoria with yellow oiled canvas curtains, past little gardens with great red flowers on one tree, and trumpet-shaped white flowers hanging on the next, past soldiers in ...

— From Edinburgh to India & Burmah • William G. Burn Murdoch

... I am not skilled in wit Nor wise in priestcraft, but I know That fear to man is spur and bit To jog and curb his fancies' flow. He fears and loves, for love and awe In mortal souls may well unite To fashion forth the perfect law Where Duty takes to ...

— The Moon Endureth--Tales and Fancies • John Buchan

... was no false alarm. When Old Jeff was roused out of his accustomed jog by Calico's nervous snorts he looked up to see such a spectacle as he had never beheld in all his goings and comings up and down the Bangor road. Looming out of the mist was a six-horse team hitched to the most foreign-looking rig one could well imagine. ...

— Horses Nine - Stories of Harness and Saddle • Sewell Ford

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