jog

Meaning

Noun

1. An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
2. A sudden push or nudge.
3. A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
4. In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.

Verb

1. (transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
2. (transitive) To shake, stir or rouse.
3. (intransitive) To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
4. (intransitive) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
5. (transitive) To cause to move at an energetic trot.
6. (transitive) To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.

Synonyms

trot

nudge

lope

poke

run

push

jogging

shake

🫨

joggle

jolt

jostle

even up

canter

shove

clip

square up

jiggle

jerk

thrust

gallop

ramble

notch

ramble on

instigate

jag

jaw

jump

justify

kick

palaver

pod

poke at

prod

projection

prompt

propulsion

provoke

rouse

rush

sideswipe

slit

slot

sprint

stir

strickle

strike

tip

topple

rattle on

true

Translations

jogger

joggen

faire du jogging

joggen

toestoten

hacer jogging

fazer jogging

stoßen

aanstoten

een duw geven

courir

σκουντιά

Jogging

κτύπημα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɒɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

Cognate with English: shog

Inherited from Middle English: shoggen

Inherited from Middle English: joggen

In summary

Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”).
Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock.