Definition of 'jog'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense jogs
, present participle jogging
, past tense, past participle jogged
2. verb
3.
See jog sb's memory
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jog in British English 1
verbWord forms: jogs, jogging, jogged
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Word origin
C14: probably variant of shog to shake, influenced by dialect jot to jolt
Word Frequency
jog in American English 1
verb transitiveWord forms: jogged or ˈjogging
3.
to cause to jog
verb intransitive
4.
noun
6.
a little shake, shove, or nudge
7.
a slow, steady, jolting motion or trot
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Derived forms
jogger (ˈjogger)
noun
Word Frequency
jog in American English 2
noun
1.
verb intransitiveWord forms: jogged or ˈjogging
3.
to form or make a jog
turn left where the road jogs
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Word origin
var. of jag1Word Frequency
jog in American English 1
(dʒɑɡ) (verb jogged, jogging)
transitive verb
1.
to move or shake with a push or jerk
The horseman jogged the reins lightly
2.
He jogged the motor and started the machine
3.
She jogged his elbow when she wanted to be introduced to one of his friends
5.
to cause (a horse) to go at a steady trot
intransitive verb
7.
He jogs two miles every morning to keep in shape
9.
to move with a jolt or jerk
Her briefcase jogged against her leg as she walked
noun
12.
a shake; slight push; nudge
13.
a steady trot, as of a horse
15.
a jogging pace
He approached us at a jog
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Derived forms
jogger noun
Word origin
[1540–50; b. jot to jog (now dial.) and shog to shake, jog (late ME shoggen)]Word Frequency
jog in American English 2
(dʒɑɡ) (verb jogged, jogging)
noun
1.
an irregularity of line or surface; projection; notch
intransitive verb
4.
to bend or turn
The road jogs to the right beyond those trees
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Word origin
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jog
British English: jog
/dʒɒɡ/ VERB
If you jog, you run slowly, often as a form of exercise.
I got up early the next morning to jog.
- American English: jog /dˈʒɒg/
- Arabic: يُـمَارِسُ رِيَّاضَةَ العَدْوَ
- Brazilian Portuguese: correr exercício físico
- Chinese: 慢跑
- Croatian: trčati
- Czech: běhat pro zdraví
- Danish: jogge
- Dutch: joggen
- European Spanish: hacer footing
- Finnish: hölkätä
- French: courir
- German: joggen
- Greek: κάνω τζόγκινγκ
- Italian: correre
- Japanese: ジョギングする
- Korean: 조깅하다
- Norwegian: jogge
- Polish: biec dla zdrowia
- European Portuguese: correr exercício físico
- Romanian: a face jogging
- Russian: бегать трусцой
- Latin American Spanish: hacer footing
- Swedish: jogga
- Thai: วิ่งเหยาะ
- Turkish: koşmak
- Ukrainian: бігати підтюпцем
- Vietnamese: chạy bộ
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