Definition/Meaning of jog

• English - Noun: jog ( plural jogs ) A form of exercise , slower than a run; an energetic trot . Translations
• English - Verb: jog ( third-person singular simple present jogs , present participle jogging , simple past and past participle jogged ) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk , as to gain the attention of; to jolt . jog one's elbow John Donne Now leaps he upright , jogs me , and cries: Do you see / Yonder well-favoured youth? Alexander Pope Sudden I jogged Ulysses , who was laid / Fast by my…
• English - Etymology: From earlier shog ( “ to jolt , shake ” ), from Middle English shoggen , schoggen ( “ to shake up and down , jog ” ), from Middle Dutch schocken ( “ to jolt , bounce ” ) or Middle Low German schoggen , schucken ( “ to shog ” ), from Old Saxon * skokkan ( “ to move ” ), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną ( “ to move , shake , tremble ” ). More at shock .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /dʒɒɡ/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /dʒɑɡ/ Rhymes: -ɒɡ
• English - Related terms: jogging