jog Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sharp change in direction
    • there was a jog in the road
  2. noun a slow pace of running
    lope; trot.
  3. noun a slight push or shake
    nudge.
  4. verb continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
    ramble on; ramble.
    • This novel rambles on and jogs
  5. verb even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
    even up; square up.
  6. verb run for exercise
    • jog along the canal
  7. verb run at a moderately swift pace
    clip; trot.
  8. verb give a slight push to
  9. verb stimulate to remember
    • jog my memory

WordNet

Jog transitive verb
Etymology
OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jogged ; present participle & verbal noun Jogging
Definitions
  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.
Jog intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.
Jog noun
Definitions
  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. T. Hook.

Webster 1913