jog /ˈʤɑg, ˈʤɔg/
輕推,輕撞,漫步(vt.)(vi.)輕推,(使)蹣跚行進,(使)慢跑
Jog v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jogged p. pr. & vb. n. Jogging ]
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.
Jog, v. 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. --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.
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.
Jog trot, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to.
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jog
n 1: a sharp change in direction; "there was a jog in the road"
2: a slow pace of running [syn: trot, lope]
3: a slight push or shake [syn: nudge]
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble]
2: even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing [syn: square
up, even up]
3: run for exercise; "jog along the canal"
4: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, clip]
5: give a slight push to
6: stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"
[also: jogging, jogged]