jog

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To run slowly and steadily, usually for exercise.

   She jogs along the river every morning.

2. 2
   verb

   To help someone remember something.

   This photo might jog your memory.

3. 3
   verb

   To push or knock something gently.

   Someone jogged my elbow and I spilled my drink.

4. 4
   noun

   A slow, steady run for exercise.

   He went for a quick jog before breakfast.

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.

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