jog

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar: a rough wagon ride that jogged the passengers.
2. v. To give a push or shake to; nudge: jogged her dozing companion with her elbow.
3. v. To rouse or stimulate as if by nudging: an old photo that might jog your memory.
4. v. To cause (a horse) to move at a leisurely pace.
5. v. To move with a jolting rhythm: The pack jogged against his back as he ran.
6. v. To run or ride at a steady slow trot: jogged out to their positions on the playing field.
7. v. Sports To run in such a way for sport or exercise.
8. v. To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace: The old car jogged along until it reached the hill.
9. v. To proceed in a leisurely manner: "while his life was thus jogging easily along” ( Duff Cooper).
10. n. A slight push or shake; a nudge.
11. n. A jogging movement or rhythm.
12. n. A slow steady trot.
13. n. A protruding or receding part in a surface or line.
14. n. An abrupt change in direction: a jog in the road.
15. v. To turn sharply; veer: Here the boundary jogs south.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To pierce; thrust, See jag.
2. To touch, push, or shake slightly or gently; nudge; move by pushing.
3. Hence To stimulate gently; stir up by a hint or reminder: as, to jog a person's memory.
4. To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; move idly, heavily, or slowly: generally followed by on or along.
5. n. A slight push or shake; a nudge; especially, a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention.
6. n. Irregularity of motion; a jolting motion; a jolt or shake.
7. n. In mech., a square notch; a right-angled recess or step. See cut under joint (fig. b).
8. n. Any notch or recess in a line; a small depression in a surface; an irregularity of line or surface.
9. n. In mining, a short post or piece of timber placed between two others to keep them apart; a studdle.

Wiktionary

1. n. A form of exercise, slower than a run
2. v. To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk; to jolt.
3. v. To shake, stir or rouse.
4. v. ) To have a jog (UK); to take a jog (US).
5. v. To straighten stacks of paper by lighting tapping against a flat surface.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. 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.
2. v. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of.
3. v. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.
4. v. 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.
5. v. To run at less than maximum speed; to move on foot at a pace between a walk and a run; to run at a moderate pace so as to be able to continue for some time; -- performed by people, mostly for exercise.
6. n. A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
7. n. 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.
8. n. A liesurely running pace. See jog{2}, v. i.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. stimulate to remember
2. n. a sharp change in direction
3. v. continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
4. v. even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
5. v. run for exercise
6. v. run at a moderately swift pace
7. n. a slow pace of running
8. n. a slight push or shake
9. v. give a slight push to