jog

/dʒɑg/

/dʒɒg/

Other forms: jogged; jogging; jogs

When you jog, you run at a moderate pace, usually to get exercise. If you jog down the street, you'll pass people who are walking and be passed by people who are sprinting.

Jog can be a verb, or a noun meaning a slow-paced run: "She moved at a lazy jog around the track, in no hurry to improve her time." A jog is slower than a flat-out run. Yet another way to use the word is to mean "nudge one's memory." A courtroom attorney might hold up a piece of evidence in front of a witness and say, "Perhaps this will jog your memory."

Definitions of jog

1. verb

   give a slight push to
   type of:

   nudge, poke at, prod

   push against gently
2. verb

   even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
   synonyms: even up, square up

   type of:

   square

   position so as to be square
3. verb

   stimulate to remember
   “jog my memory”

   type of:

   provoke, stimulate

   provide the needed stimulus for
4. noun

   a slight push or shake
   synonyms: nudge

   type of:

   push, pushing

   the act of applying force in order to move something away
5. verb

   run at a moderately swift pace
   synonyms: clip, trot

   type of:

   run

   move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
6. verb

   run for exercise
   “jog along the canal”

   type of:

   run

   move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
7. noun

   a slow pace of running
   synonyms: lope, trot

   types:

   dogtrot

   a steady trot like that of a dog

   type of:

   locomotion, travel

   self-propelled movement
8. noun

   a sharp change in direction
   “there was a jog in the road”

   type of:

   angular shape, angularity

   a shape having one or more sharp angles
9. verb

   continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
   “This novel rambles on and jogs”

   synonyms: ramble, ramble on

   type of:

   carry on, continue, go on, proceed

   continue talking