JOGGING

jogging

(noun) running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise

JOG

jog

(verb) stimulate to remember; “jog my memory”

jog

(verb) give a slight push to

trot, jog, clip

(verb) run at a moderately swift pace

jog

(verb) run for exercise; “jog along the canal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

jogging (countable and uncountable, plural joggings)

The action of the verb to jog.

The practice of running at a relatively slow pace for exercise.

Etymology 2

Verb

jogging

present participle of jog

Source: Wiktionary


Jog"ging, n.

Definition: The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.

JOG

Jog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jogging.] Etym: [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.

Jog, v. i.

Definition: 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. Glanvill. Jog trot, a slow, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to. T. Hook.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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