jog

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[[t]dʒɒg[/t]]

v. jogged, jog•ging, n.

1) to move or shake with a push or jerk

2) to stir into activity or alertness, as by a reminder:

to jog one's memory[/ex]

3) to cause (a horse) to go at a steady trot

4) pri to align the edges of (a stack of sheets of paper) by gently tapping

5) to run at a slow, steady pace

6) to ride at a steady trot

7) to go with a heavy or jolting motion

8) to go in a desultory or humdrum fashion (usu. fol. by on or along)

9) a shake; slight push

10) a steady trot, as of a horse

11) cvb an act or instance of jogging:

to go for a jog[/ex]

12) cvb a jogging pace

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Etymology: 1540–50; perh. b. jot to jog (now dial.) and shog to shake, jog (late ME shoggen) jog′ger, n. II

jog

[[t]dʒɒg[/t]] n. v. jogged, jog•ging

1) an irregularity of line or surface; projection; notch

2) cvb a bend or turn

3) cvb to bend or turn:

The road jogs to the left there[/ex]

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Etymology: 1705–15; var. of jag I