jog

Meanings

1. An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
2. A sudden push or nudge.
3. A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
4. In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.

1. To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
2. To shake, stir or rouse.
3. To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
4. To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
5. To cause to move at an energetic trot.
6. To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.

1. Acronym of Jewish occupation government

Etymology

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.