jog
[verb]
Synonyms:
- nudge, prod, push, shake, stir
- run, canter, lope, trot

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Related Words: agitate, shake

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English Thesaurus: run, jog, race/dash, sprint, tear, ...

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I. jog¹ /dʒɒɡ $ dʒɑːɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle jogged, present participle jogging)
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from shog 'to shake, push' (14-19 centuries)]

1. [intransitive] to run slowly and steadily, especially as a way of exercising:
I go jogging every morning.

2. [transitive] to knock or push something lightly by mistake Synonym : bump:
You jogged my elbow.

3. jog sb’s memory to make someone remember something:
Perhaps this photo will help to jog your memory.
jog along phrasal verb informal
to continue in the same way as usual:
We were jogging along comfortably and enjoying our work.

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II. jog² noun [singular]

1. a slow steady run, especially done as a way of exercising:
He set off along the riverbank at a jog.
Mike goes for a two-mile jog every morning.

2. a light knock or push done by accident

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jog
noun
ADJ. brisk | slow
VERB + JOG go for He goes for a brisk jog before work each morning.
PREP. at a ~ I began at a slow jog and gradually increased my pace.

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jog
verb
ADV. slowly, steadily
PREP. along, down, up They jogged steadily up the hill.
PHRASES go jogging She decided to go jogging each morning.
jog on the spot She was jogging on the spot to keep warm.

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run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
I go running twice a week.
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station.
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past.
He sprinted up the stairs.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
Dennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.
lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.
trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
A little dog was trotting behind her.
gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
The horse galloped off across the field.
bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

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