Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jog"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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"

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