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jog^¹

/d͡ʒɒɡ/ UK
/d͡ʒɑɡ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒɡ

Where it comes from

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.

noun jogs

An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
A sudden push or nudge. Even when I gave her a jog with my elbow, she kept staring at her French book. Even when I gave her a nudge with my knee, she kept ignoring me.
A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface. This angle is somewhat more acute than that of the right and left walls of the Western box set; but unlike the walls of the box set, the Kabuki wall is never broken up by a jog or by a succession of jogs.
Similar: return piece
In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.

verb jogs · jogging · jogged

transitive To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt. jog one's elbow
transitive To shake, stir or rouse. I tried desperately to jog my memory.
Similar: refresh
intransitive To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along. Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way.
intransitive To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace. I saw her jogging in the forest yesterday.
transitive To cause to move at an energetic trot. to jog a horse
transitive To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.

JOG^²

noun

abbreviation, acronym, offensive Acronym of Jewish occupation government
Similar: ZOG

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lope, ramble, clip, square up, even up, trot, ramble on, trotting, running, run, wheel, suit, advance, displacement, scroll, freshen

Translations

Every language

noun energetic trot

Español	trote cochinero
日本語	ジョギング jogingu
中文	跑步 pǎobù, 慢跑 mànpǎo
Português	jogging
Deutsch	Joggen
Ελληνικά	τζόκινγκ tzókingk
Русский	трусца́ truscá, бег трусцо́й beg truscój, джо́ггинг džógging, пробе́жка probéžka
עברית	ריצה קלה ritsá kalá

verb to push or jerk slightly

Français	remuer
Ελληνικά	σκουντώ skountó

verb to shake, stir or rouse

Français	remuer

verb to move in an energetic trot

Español	hacer jogging, trotar, yoguear
日本語	ジョギングする jogingu suru
中文	跑步 pǎobù, 慢跑 mànpǎo
Português	fazer jogging, trotar
Français	faire du jogging, trottiner
Deutsch	joggen
Italiano	fare jogging, trottare
Ελληνικά	κάνω τζόκινγκ káno tzókingk
Русский	бе́гать трусцо́й bégatʹ truscój, занима́ться джо́ггингом zanimátʹsja džóggingom
עברית	רץ rats, עשה ג׳וגינג asá dzhóging

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@misc{jog_2026,
  title = {jog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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