[syn: trot, jog, clip]
5. give a slight push to;
6. stimulate to remember;
- Example: "jog my memory"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jog \Jog\ (j[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jogged (j[o^]gd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Jogging (j[o^]g"g[i^]ng).] [OE. joggen; cf. W.
gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.]
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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.
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Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see
Yonder well-favored youth? --Donne.
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Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid
Fast by my side. --Pope.
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2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention
of; as, to jog the memory.
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3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog,
v. i.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jog \Jog\, v. i.
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.
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Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. --Shak.
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So hung his destiny, never to rot,
While he might still jog on and keep his trot.
--Milton.
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The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. --R.
Browning.
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2. To run at less than maximum speed; to move on foot at a
pace between a walk and a run; to run at a moderate pace
so as to be able to continue for some time; -- performed
by people, mostly for exercise.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jog \Jog\, n.
1. A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or
awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
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To give them by turns an invisible jog. --Swift.
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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.
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3. A liesurely running pace. See jog[2], v. i.
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Jog trot, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine
habit or method, persistently adhered to. --T. Hook.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jog
n 1: a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road"
2: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope]
3: a slight push or shake [syn: nudge, jog]
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble,
jog]
2: even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing [syn:
square up, jog, even up]
3: run for exercise; "jog along the canal"
4: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip]
5: give a slight push to
6: stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"