JOG

I. verb (~ged; ~ging) Etymology: probably alteration of shog Date: 1548 transitive verb to give a slight shake or push to ; nudge , to rouse to alertness , to cause (as a horse) to go at a ~, to align the edges of (piled sheets of paper) by hitting or shaking against a flat surface, intransitive verb to move up and down or about with a short heavy motion , 2. to run or ride at a slow trot, to go at a slow, leisurely, or monotonous pace ; trudge , ~ger noun II. noun Date: 1635 a slight shake ; nudge , 2. a movement, pace, or instance of ~ging (as for exercise), a horse's slow measured trot, III. noun Etymology: probably alteration of 2jag Date: 1715 1. a projecting or retreating part (as of a line or surface), the space in the angle of a ~, a brief abrupt change in direction, IV. intransitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1953 to make a ~