jog

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈdʒɒg/ 🇺🇸 /ˈdʒɑg/

📖 Definitions

  1. verb
    To run at a slow, steady pace, especially for exercise.; To push or nudge slightly, especially to attract someone's attention.; To stimulate or prompt someone's memory or recollection.; To move with a jolting or bouncing motion.
  2. noun
    A slow, steady run, especially one undertaken for exercise.; A slight push or nudge.; A sudden change in direction or a sharp turn, especially in a path or line.; An unevenness or irregularity in a surface or line.; A jolting or bouncing motion.
  3. verb
    To cause something to move with a jolting or shaking motion.
  4. noun
    In printing, a slight misalignment of pages or sheets.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: jogs 3rd sing.: jogs Past: jogged Past part.: jogged Pres part.: jogging

Collocations

go for a jogjog someone's memorymorning jogjog alongjog trot

Derivatives

joggerjogging

Synonyms

trotlopecanterrun

Antonyms

sprintstop

Commonly confused

run
EN: 'jog' implies a slower, more leisurely pace than 'run', which is more general and can be at any speed.
jogger
EN: 'jogger' is the person who jogs; 'jog' is the action or an instance of it.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember to double the 'g' before adding suffixes: 'jogged' and 'jogging' (not 'joged' or 'joging').

💬 Examples

  1. She jogs around the park every morning before work.

  2. He jogged her elbow to get her attention during the meeting.

  3. The old photograph jogged his memory of their childhood together.

  4. The cart jogged along the uneven dirt road.

  5. I went for a jog along the river this morning.

  6. She gave him a jog on the shoulder to wake him up.

  7. The trail takes a jog to the left just past the old oak tree.

  8. There was a slight jog in the otherwise straight fence line.

  9. The old carriage moved with a constant jog over the cobblestones.

  10. The rough road jogged the passengers in their seats.