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What's The Definition Of 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.
\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.
\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.