Jog

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÊ’É’É¡/
• US IPA: /dÊ’É‘É¡/
• Rhymes: -É’É¡

Origin

From earlier shog ("to jolt, shake"), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen ("to shake up and down, jog"), from Middle Dutch schocken ("to jolt, bounce") or Middle Low German schoggen, schucken ("to shog"), from Old Saxon *skokkan ("to move"), from Proto-Germanic *skukkanÄ… ("to move, shake, tremble"). More at shock.

Full definition of jog

Noun

1. A form of exercise, slower than a run; an energetic trot.

Verb

1. To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.jog one's elbow
• John DonneNow leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see
  Yonder well-favoured youth?
• Alexander PopeSudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid
  Fast by my side.
2. To shake, stir or rouse.I tried desperately to jog my memory.
3. (exercise) To move in an energetic trot.
• ShakespeareJog on, jog on, the footpath way.
• MiltonSo hung his destiny, never to rot,
  While he might still jog on and keep his trot.
• Robert BrowningThe good old ways our sires jogged safely over.
4. To cause to move at an energetic trot.to jog a horse
5. To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.

Related terms

• jogging