Jog

Quick meaning: Jog is a noun meaning An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.

Meaning

An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.

More Meanings

1. A sudden push or nudge.
2. (theater) A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
3. In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
4. (transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
5. (transitive) To shake, stir or rouse.
6. (intransitive) To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
7. (exercise, intransitive) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.

Example Sentences

jog one's elbow

Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way.

I tried desperately to jog my memory.

Even when I gave her a jog with my elbow, she kept staring at her French book. Even when I gave her a nudge with my knee, she kept ignoring me.

Word Forms

• jogs
• jogging
• jogged

Synonyms for jog

Depending on context, synonyms include refresh, ramble, trot, clip, lope, square up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lope, ramble, clip, square up, trot, trotting.

Related Dictionary Tools