Added 7 October 2026
jog
/d͡ʒɒɡ/ symbol
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noun
verb
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To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
jog one's elbow
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To shake, stir or rouse.
I tried desperately to jog my memory.
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To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
How are things? - Oh, you know: jogging along.
Origin
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.
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