Jog

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jog \Jog\ (j[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jogged} (j[o^]gd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Jogging} (j[o^]g"g[i^]ng).] [OE. joggen; cf. W.
     gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.]
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     1. 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.
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              Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see
              Yonder well-favored youth?            --Donne.
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              Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid
              Fast by my side.                      --Pope.
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     2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention
        of; as, to jog the memory.
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     3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See {Jog},
        v. i.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jog \Jog\, n.
     1. A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or
        awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
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              To give them by turns an invisible jog. --Swift.
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     2. 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. --Glanvill.
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     3. A liesurely running pace. See {jog}[2], v. i.
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     {Jog trot}, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine
        habit or method, persistently adhered to. --T. Hook.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jog \Jog\, v. i.
     1. 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.
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              Jog on, jog on, the footpath way.     --Shak.
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              So hung his destiny, never to rot,
              While he might still jog on and keep his trot.
                                                    --Milton.
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              The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. --R.
                                                    Browning.
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     2. 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jog
       n 1: a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road"
       2: a slow pace of running [syn: {trot}, {lope}]
       3: a slight push or shake [syn: {nudge}]
       v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
            novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: {ramble on}, {ramble}]
       2: even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing [syn: {square
          up}, {even up}]
       3: run for exercise; "jog along the canal"
       4: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: {trot}, {clip}]
       5: give a slight push to
       6: stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"
       [also: {jogging}, {jogged}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  252 Moby Thesaurus words for "jog":
     agitate, amble, andante, assault, barge, bear, bear upon, bearing,
     bilge, blain, blaze, bleb, blister, blob, bob, bobble, boost, boss,
     bounce, bow, bowl along, bubble, buck, bulb, bulge, bull, bulla,
     bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunch, bundle, bunt, burl, butt,
     butt against, button, cahot, chatter, chine, claudication, cleft,
     clump, condyle, convex, cram, crawl, creep, crena, crowd, cut,
     dead march, depression, didder, dig, dither, dogtrot, dowel, drag,
     drive, droop, ear, elbow, falter, flange, flap, flick, flip, flirt,
     flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, force, funeral march, gait,
     gall, gallop, gash, gnarl, goad, grimace, hack, halt, handle,
     have an ague, head, hill, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, hump,
     hunch, hurtle, hustle, incision, indentation, jab, jactitate, jag,
     jam, jar, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog trot, joggle,
     jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, kerf, knob, knot, knur, knurl,
     leisurely gait, limp, lip, lock step, loop, lumber, lumbering pace,
     lump, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, mole, mountain, nevus,
     nick, nock, notch, nub, nubbin, nubble, nudge, pace, paddle,
     papilloma, peg, piaffe, piaffer, pile drive, plod, pluck, poke,
     prance, press, pressure, prod, punch, push, quake, quaver, quiver,
     rack, ram, ram down, rattle, rib, rictus, ridge, ring, roll, run,
     run against, sashay, saunter, score, scotch, scuff, scuffle,
     scuttle, shake, shamble, shiver, shock, shoulder, shove, shudder,
     shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch,
     slow march, slow motion, slowness, snake, snatch, spine, stagger,
     stalk, stamp, start, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stress,
     stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stud, stump, style,
     sudden pull, swagger, swing, tab, tamp, thrust, tic, tittup,
     toddle, totter, traipse, tread, tremble, tremor, trip, trot,
     trudge, tubercle, tubercule, tweak, twitch, twitter, velocity,
     verruca, vesicle, vibrate, waddle, wale, walk, wamble, wart, welt,
     wiggle, wobble, wrench, yank, yerk