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Webster 1913 Edition
Jog
Jog
(jŏg)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jogged
(jŏgd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jogging
(jŏg′gĭng)
.] [OE.
joggen
; cf. W. gogi
to shake, and also E. shog
, shock
, v.] 1.
To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one’s attention, or to warn.
Now leaps he upright,
Yonder well-favored youth?
jogs
me, and cries: Do you seeYonder well-favored youth?
Donne.
Sudden I
Fast by my side.
jogged
Ulysses, who was laidFast by my side.
Pope.
2.
To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of;
as, to
. jog
the memory3.
To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See
Jog
, Verb.
I.
Jog
,Verb.
I.
1.
To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; – usually with on, sometimes with over.
Jog
on, jog
on, the footpath way. Shakespeare
So hung his destiny, never to rot,
While he might still
While he might still
jog
on and keep his trot. Milton.
The good old ways our sires
jogged
safely over. R. Browning.
Jog
,Noun.
1.
A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
To give them by turns an invisible
jog
. Swift.
2.
A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane.
Glanvill.
Jog trot
, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to.
T. Hook.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jog
JOG
,Verb.
T.
Sudden I jogged Ulysses.
JOG
,Verb.
I.
So hung his destiny, never to rot,
While he might still jog on, and keep his trot.
1.
To walk or travel idly, heavily or slowly. Thus they jog on, still tricking, never thriving.
JOG
,Noun.
1.
A rub; a small stop; obstruction.