Jog Definition

jŏg

jogged, jogging, jogs

verb

jogged, jogging, jogs

To turn sharply; veer.

Here the boundary jogs south.

American Heritage

To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar.

A rough wagon ride that jogged the passengers.

American Heritage

To give a little shake, shove, or jerk to.

Webster's New World

To nudge.

Webster's New World

To form or make a jog.

Turn left where the road jogs.

Webster's New World

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noun

jogs

A little shake, shove, or nudge.

Webster's New World

An act or instance of jogging.

Webster's New World

A slow, steady, jolting motion or trot.

Webster's New World

A projecting or notched part, esp. one at right angles, in a surface or line.

Webster's New World

A sharp, temporary change of direction, as in a road or one's course.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Jog

Singular:

jog

Plural:

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.

From Wiktionary
Perhaps alteration of Middle English shoggen to shake, move with a jerk perhaps alteration of shokken to move rapidly from Middle Low German schocken to shake

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Variant of jag

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition