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Definition of jog verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jog

verb
 
/dʒɒɡ/
 
/dʒɑːɡ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they jog
 
/dʒɒɡ/
 
/dʒɑːɡ/
he / she / it jogs
 
/dʒɒɡz/
 
/dʒɑːɡz/
past simple jogged
 
/dʒɒɡd/
 
/dʒɑːɡd/
past participle jogged
 
/dʒɒɡd/
 
/dʒɑːɡd/
-ing form jogging
 
/ˈdʒɒɡɪŋ/
 
/ˈdʒɑːɡɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. (also go jogging)
     [intransitive] to run slowly and steadily for a long time, especially for exercise
    • I go jogging every evening.
    Extra Examples
    • She was jogging on the spot to keep warm.
    • They jogged steadily up the hill.
    • He jogged off in the direction of the lake.
    • She usually jogs around her local park.
    Topics Health and Fitnessa2, Hobbiesa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • slowly
    • steadily
    • briskly
    • …
    preposition
    • along
    • down
    • up
    • …
    phrases
    • go jogging
    • jog in place
    • jog on the spot
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] jog something/somebody to hit something lightly and by accident synonym nudge
    • Someone jogged her elbow, making her spill her coffee.
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘stab, pierce’): variant of jag ‘stab, pierce or prick’.
Idioms
jog somebody’s memory
  1. to say or do something that makes somebody remember something
    • Maybe these letters will help to jog your memory.
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