- 1(also go jogging) [intransitive] to run slowly and steadily for a long time, especially for exercise I go jogging every evening. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbslowly, steadily, briskly, … prepositionalong, down, up, … phrasesgo jogging, jog in place, jog on the spot, … See full entry See related entries: Exercise
- 2[transitive] jog something/somebody to hit something lightly and by accident synonym nudge Someone jogged her elbow, making her spill her coffee. More Like This Consonant-doubling verbs bob, club, dub, grab, rub, sob, throb kid, nod, pad, plod, prod, shred, skid, thud beg, blog, bug, drag, drug, flag, hug, jog, log, mug, nag, plug bar, confer, infer, occur, prefer, refer, star, stir, transfer acquit, admit, allot, chat, clot, commit, jut, knit, pat, regret, rot, spot, submit (in British English:) appal, cancel, channel, control, counsel, enrol, equal, excel, fuel, fulfil, label, level, marvel, model, pedal, quarrel, signal, travelSee worksheet. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘stab, pierce’): variant of jag ‘stab, pierce or prick’.Extra examples She decided to go jogging each morning. She was jogging on the spot to keep warm. They jogged steadily up the hill. He jogged down the path and into the lane. He jogged off in the direction of the lake. She usually jogs around her local park. They jogged slowly down the hill.Idioms
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verbBrE BrE//dʒɒɡ//; NAmE NAmE//dʒɑːɡ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they jog BrE BrE//dʒɒɡ//; NAmE NAmE//dʒɑːɡ//
he / she / it jogs BrE BrE//dʒɒɡz//; NAmE NAmE//dʒɑːɡz//
past simple jogged BrE BrE//dʒɒɡd//; NAmE NAmE//dʒɑːɡd//
past participle jogged BrE BrE//dʒɒɡd//; NAmE NAmE//dʒɑːɡd//
-ing form jogging BrE BrE//ˈdʒɒɡɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈdʒɑːɡɪŋ//
Exerciseto say or do something that makes somebody remember something Maybe these letters will help to jog your memory. Phrasal Verbsjog along
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