Jog Meaning
/d͡ʒɒɡ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
nounA sudden push or nudge.
Sentence Examples
I love to jog more than anything else in the world.
We jog before breakfast every morning.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To improve his cardiovascular health, he likes to ____ around the park each morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He likes to go for a ____ in the park every morning before work to start his day with some exercise.
Word Origin & History
Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”). Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Even when I gave her a jog with my elbow, she kept staring at her French book. Even when I gave her a nudge with my knee, she kept ignoring me."
— 2016, Kes Gray, Daisy and the Trouble With Jack:
"This angle is somewhat more acute than that of the right and left walls of the Western box set; but unlike the walls of the box set, the Kabuki wall is never broken up by a jog or by a succession of jogs."
— 1974, Earle Ernst, The Kabuki Theatre, page 143:
"When now was wasted more than half the night,
And the stars faded at approaching light;
Sudden I jogg’d Ulysses, who was laid
Fast by my side, and shiv’ring thus I said."
— 1725, Homer, “Book 14”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 271:
"Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way."
— c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
"When we had towed about four Days more, our Gunner, who was our Pilot, begun to observe that we did not keep our right Course so exactly as we ought, the River winding away a little towards the North, and gave us Notice accordingly. However, we were not willing to lose the Advantage of Water-Carriage, at least not till we were forced to it; so we jogg’d on, and the River served us about Threescore Miles further […]"
— 1720, Daniel Defoe, Captain Singleton, page 95:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To improve his cardiovascular health, he likes to ____ around the park each morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He likes to go for a ____ in the park every morning before work to start his day with some exercise.