Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protruding or receding part in a surface or line.
- noun An abrupt change in direction.
- intransitive verb To turn sharply; veer.
- intransitive verb To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar.
- intransitive verb To give a push or shake to; nudge.
- intransitive verb To rouse or stimulate as if by nudging.
- intransitive verb To cause (a horse) to move at a leisurely pace.
- intransitive verb To move with a jolting rhythm.
- intransitive verb To run or ride at a steady slow trot.
- intransitive verb Sports To run in such a way for sport or exercise.
- intransitive verb To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace.
- intransitive verb To proceed in a leisurely manner.
- noun A slight push or shake; a nudge.
- noun A jogging movement or rhythm.
- noun A slow steady trot.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, a short post or piece of timber placed between two others to keep them apart; a studdle.
- To pierce; thrust, See
jag . - To touch, push, or shake slightly or gently; nudge; move by pushing.
- Hence To stimulate gently; stir up by a hint or reminder: as, to
jog a person's memory. - To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; move idly, heavily, or slowly: generally followed by on or along.
- noun A slight push or shake; a nudge; especially, a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention.
- noun Irregularity of motion; a jolting motion; a jolt or shake.
- noun In mech., a square notch; a right-angled recess or step. See cut under
joint (fig. b). - noun Any notch or recess in a line; a small depression in a surface; an irregularity of line or surface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with
on , sometimes withover . - intransitive verb 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.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of.
- transitive verb To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See
Jog , v. i. - noun A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
- noun 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.
- noun A liesurely running pace. See
jog {2}, v. i. - noun a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of exercise, slower than a
run - verb To push slightly; to
move orshake with a push or jerk; tojolt . - verb To
shake ,stir orrouse . - verb ) To have a jog (UK); to take a jog (US).
- verb To straighten stacks of paper by lighting tapping against a flat surface.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stimulate to remember
- noun a sharp change in direction
- verb continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
- verb even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
- verb run for exercise
- verb run at a moderately swift pace
- noun a slow pace of running
- noun a slight push or shake
- verb give a slight push to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Calling it a slow walk or a light jog is probably more accurate, no matter what I think.
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Today, after taking Carolyn to the playground while Gini and Kat had ritual at the Labyrinth, I realized that I could jog from the park to the coffee shop of doom without much trouble.
Exercise Stinks 2005
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Shanahan said everyone else, including tight end Chris Cooley, was able to practice Friday in what Shanahan calls a jog-through session.
Mike Sellers says he'll play vs. Chicago Rick Maese 2010
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A blog should not rhyme with jog, that is too slow.
Good-bye Harriet : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Before or after the jog was the question, and the answer is, I don't know.
Dee Dee Myers Press Briefing ITY National Archives 1994
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Both readers and writers get into a certain 'swing' which turns to monotony and sing-song in reading and to excessive uniformity of sentence length and structure in writing -- what is called a jog-trot style.
The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
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Then they settled down to what those of our age and country and occupation know as a hound-jog, which is seven miles an hour.
Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917
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Some were sent out for a hack, as Motion, an Englishman, calls a jog through the wooded trails and open fields; others went to the turf course.
NYT > Global Home By JOE DRAPE 2011
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The jog was a pretty good sign that Manuel didn't want to take Cain out, just wanted to check on him.
SI.com 2010
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I thought I saw it somewhere referred to as a jog wheel.
gulyasrobi commented on the word jog
"jog" in Hungarian means: law / right
August 7, 2012