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jog

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Jog  \Jog\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Jogged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Jogging}.]  [OE.  joggen;  cf  W.  gogi  to  shake,  and  also  E. 
  shog,  shock,  v.] 
  1.  To  push  or  shake  with  the  elbow  or  hand;  to  jostle;  esp., 
  to  push  or  touch,  in  order  to  give  notice,  to  excite  one's 
  attention,  or  to  warn. 
 
  Now  leaps  he  upright,  jogs  me  and  cries:  Do  you  see 
  Yonder  well-favored  youth?  --Donne. 
 
  Sudden  I  jogged  Ulysses,  who  was  laid  Fast  by  my 
  side  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  suggest  to  to  notify;  to  remind;  to  call  the  attention 
  of  as  to  jog  the  memory. 
 
  3.  To  cause  to  jog;  to  drive  at  a  jog,  as  a  horse.  See  {Jog}, 
  v.  i. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Jog  \Jog\,  v.  i. 
  To  move  by  jogs  or  small  shocks,  like  those  of  a  slow  trot; 
  to  move  slowly,  leisurely,  or  monotonously;  --  usually  with 
  on  sometimes  with  over 
 
  Jog  on  jog  on  the  footpath  way  --Shak. 
 
  So  hung  his  destiny,  never  to  rot, 
 
  While  he  might  still  jog  on  and  keep  his  trot. 
  --Milton. 
 
  The  good  old  ways  our  sires  jogged  safely  over  --R. 
  Browning. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Jog  \Jog\,  n. 
  1.  A  slight  shake;  a  shake  or  push  intended  to  give  notice  or 
  awaken  attention;  a  push  a  jolt. 
 
  To  give  them  by  turns  an  invisible  jog.  --Swift. 
 
  2.  A  rub;  a  slight  stop;  an  obstruction;  hence  an 
  irregularity  in  motion  of  from  a  hitch;  a  break  in  the 
  direction  of  a  line  or  the  surface  of  a  plane.  --Glanvill. 
 
  {Jog  trot},  a  slow,  regular,  jolting  gait;  hence  a  routine 
  habit  or  method,  persistently  adhered  to  --T.  Hook. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  jog 
  n  :  a  slow  pace  of  running  [syn:  {trot},  {lope}] 
  v  1:  continue  talking  or  writing  in  a  desultory  manner:  "This 
  novel  rambles  on  and  jogs"  [syn:  {ramble  on},  {ramble}] 
  2:  even  up  the  edges  of  a  stack  of  paper,  in  printing  [syn:  {square 
  up},  {even  up}] 
  3:  run  for  exercise;  "jog  along  the  canal" 
  4:  run  at  a  moderately  swift  pace  [syn:  {trot},  {clip}] 
  5:  give  a  slight  push  to 
  6:  stimulate  to  remember:  "jog  my  memory"




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