JOG


Meaning of JOG in English

I. jog 1 /dʒɒɡ $ dʒɑːɡ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle jogged , present participle jogging )

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from shog 'to shake, push' (14-19 centuries) ]

1 . [intransitive] to run slowly and steadily, especially as a way of exercising:

I go jogging every morning.

2 . [transitive] to knock or push something lightly by mistake SYN bump :

You jogged my elbow.

3 . jog sb’s memory to make someone remember something:

Perhaps this photo will help to jog your memory.

jog along phrasal verb informal

to continue in the same way as usual:

We were jogging along comfortably and enjoying our work.

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THESAURUS

▪ run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:

My five-year-old son runs everywhere.

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I go running twice a week.

▪ jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:

A few people were jogging in the park.

▪ race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:

He dashed across the road to the police station.

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We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.

▪ sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:

I saw the runners sprinting past.

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He sprinted up the stairs.

▪ tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:

He tore down the street and around the corner.

▪ charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:

They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.

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Dennis charged through the door into my office.

▪ take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:

The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.

▪ leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:

I legged it before the cops came.

▪ lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:

John loped across the street to meet me.

II. jog 2 BrE AmE noun [singular]

1 . a slow steady run, especially done as a way of exercising:

He set off along the riverbank at a jog.

Mike goes for a two-mile jog every morning.

2 . a light knock or push done by accident

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.