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English Dictionary: jog by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jog
n
  1. a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road"
  2. a slow pace of running
    Synonym(s): jog, trot, lope
  3. a slight push or shake
    Synonym(s): nudge, jog
v
  1. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs"
    Synonym(s): ramble on, ramble, jog
  2. even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
    Synonym(s): square up, jog, even up
  3. run for exercise; "jog along the canal"
  4. run at a moderately swift pace
    Synonym(s): trot, jog, clip
  5. give a slight push to
  6. stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jog \Jog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jogging}.] [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, jogs me, and cries: Do you see
                     Yonder well-favored youth?                  --Donne.
  
                     Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid Fast by my
                     side.                                                --Pope.
  
      2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention
            of; as, to jog the memory.
  
      3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See {Jog},
            v. i.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jog \Jog\, v. i.
      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.            --Shak.
  
               So hung his destiny, never to rot,
  
               While he might still jog on and keep his trot.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
               The good old ways our sires jogged safely over. --R.
                                                                              Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jog \Jog\, n.
      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.
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