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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'

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"Jog" Quotes from Famous Books

... you, as I sometimes do, John, and call you clumsy, and a dear old goose, and names of that sort, it's because I love you, John, so well. And when I speak of people being middle-aged and steady, John, and pretend that we are a humdrum couple, going on in a jog-trot sort of way, it's only because I'm such a silly little thing, John, that I like, sometimes, to act a kind of play with Baby, and all that, and ...

— Kennedy Square • F. Hopkinson Smith

... very quietly, and does n't lose his balance nor let it turn his head? You judged him, then, in a day better than I had done in six months, for I really did not expect that he would settle down into such a jog-trot of prosperity. I believed he would do fine things, but I was sure he would intersperse them with a good many follies, and that his beautiful statues would spring up out of the midst of a straggling ...

— Roderick Hudson • Henry James

... this every step would bring them nearer home; but still they endeavoured to make the course as interesting as possible. Having taken a turn round the tower, and dropped the scent thickly in their track, off they again set. Along the upper edge of the downs they went at an easy jog-trot, and then when compelled at last, with regret, to leave the breezy hills, they took their way across a succession of fields where oats, and turnips, and mangel wurtzel were wont to grow, till they descended into the richer pasture and wheat-producing lands. Still they had many a stream and deep ...

— Ernest Bracebridge - School Days • William H. G. Kingston

... think so," said Uncle William, placidly. "I ust to lie awake nights worryin' about it. But late years I've give it up. Seems to jog along jest about the same as when I was worryin'—and I take a heap sight more comfort. Seems kind o' ridiculous, don't it, when the Lord's made a world as good as this one, ...

— Uncle William - The Man Who Was Shif'less • Jennette Lee

... to-night for the first time the doctor had promised that he should be wheeled into the corridor. But it was forgotten, and I am too new to jog the ...

— A Diary Without Dates • Enid Bagnold

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