English Explanatory Dictionary

shog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. jolt, shake (brisk movement)
verb
  1. to jolt or shake
  2. to depart; to go.

Pronunciation

/ʃɒɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shog.wav

Word forms

shog shogs shogging shogged

Etymology

From Middle English schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), possibly from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schucken (“to shog”); all from Proto-West Germanic *skokkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”). Doublet of shock.

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