Definition

1. Noun:

   • A slight push or shake: A gentle, often rhythmic, nudge or movement.
   • A slow, steady pace of running: A form of exercise or locomotion faster than walking but slower than running.
   • A sharp change in direction: A bend or angle in a path, line, or road.

2. Verb:

   • To stimulate to remember: To help someone recall something.
   • To give a slight push to: To nudge or shake gently.
   • To run at a moderately swift pace: To move forward at a steady, trotting pace, often for exercise.
   • To even up the edges of a stack of paper: In printing, to align a stack of paper by tapping it against a flat surface.
   • To continue talking or writing in a desultory manner: To proceed in a slow, rambling, or uneven way.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • He gave the table a jog to see if it was stable. (A slight push/shake)
  • She goes for a jog every morning before work. (A slow pace of running)
  • The path has a sudden jog to the left just ahead. (A sharp change in direction)

• Verb:

  • Maybe this old photo will jog your memory. (Stimulate to remember)
  • Please don't jog my elbow while I'm writing. (Give a slight push to)
  • I try to jog for thirty minutes three times a week. (Run at a moderately swift pace)
  • The printer jogged the stack of pages before binding. (Even up the edges)
  • The lecture jogged along without any clear focus. (Continue in a desultory manner)

Advanced Usage

• "to jog someone's memory": To cause someone to remember something.

  • The smell of the ocean always jogs my memory of childhood vacations.

• "to jog on/along": To continue moving or progressing slowly and steadily.

  • Life just jogs along in this small town.
  • We decided to jog on for another mile.

Variants and Related Words

• Jogger (n): A person who jogs for exercise.

  • The park was full of joggers at dawn.

• Jogging (n): The activity of running at a slow, steady pace.

  • She took up jogging to improve her health.

Synonyms

• Noun (run): Trot, run, lope.
• Verb (nudge): Nudge, poke, prod.
• Verb (stimulate memory): Prompt, remind, refresh.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Jog along: To continue or proceed slowly and uneventfully.
  • The project is just jogging along; we need to speed things up.

Related Idioms

• To be (up and) jogging: To be in operation or functioning.
  • Once we fix this bug, the system should be up and jogging again.

Noun

1. a slight push or shake
2. a slow pace of running
3. a sharp change in direction
   • there was a jog in the road

Verb

1. stimulate to remember
   • jog my memory
2. give a slight push to
3. run at a moderately swift pace
4. run for exercise
   • jog along the canal
5. even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
6. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
   • This novel rambles on and jogs