Shog
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃɒɡ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shog is a noun meaning jolt, shake (brisk movement).
Meaning
jolt, shake (brisk movement).
More Meanings
- (ambitransitive) to jolt or shake
- (frequently followed by off) to depart; to go.
Example Sentences
Shall we shog? The king will be gone from Southampton.
The shog of the vessel threw a young Chinese (whom Xavier had christened, and carried along with him) into the sink, which was then open.
Another's diving bow he did adore, Which, with a shog, casts all the hair before, Till he with full decorum brings it back, And rises with a water-spaniel shake.
Porius's mind was divided between his excited interest in the emperor's famous counsellor and his fear lest in the growing darkness his foster-brother might shog off altogether.
Word Forms
- shogs
- shogging
- shogged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jounce, jiggle, shaking, shake, shoogle, shakes.
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