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jogger

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jog 1  (jg)
v. jogged, jog·ging, jogs
v.tr.
1. To move by shoving, bumping, or jerking; jar: a rough wagon ride that jogged the passengers.
2. To give a push or shake to; nudge: jogged her dozing companion with her elbow.
3. To rouse or stimulate as if by nudging: an old photo that might jog your memory.
4. To cause (a horse) to move at a leisurely pace.
v.intr.
1. To move with a jolting rhythm: The pack jogged against his back as he ran.
2.
a. To run or ride at a steady slow trot: jogged out to their positions on the playing field.
b. Sports To run in such a way for sport or exercise.
3.
a. To go or travel at a slow or leisurely pace: The old car jogged along until it reached the hill.
b. To proceed in a leisurely manner: "while his life was thus jogging easily along" (Duff Cooper).
n.
1. A slight push or shake; a nudge.
2. A jogging movement or rhythm.
3. A slow steady trot.

[Perhaps alteration of Middle English shoggen, to shake, move with a jerk, perhaps alteration of shokken, to move rapidly, from Middle Low German schocken, to shake.]

jogger n.

jog 2  (jg)
n.
1. A protruding or receding part in a surface or line.
2. An abrupt change in direction: a jog in the road.
intr.v. jogged, jog·ging, jogs
To turn sharply; veer: Here the boundary jogs south.

[Variant of jag.]

jogger [ˈdʒɒgə]
n
1. a person who runs at a jog trot over some distance for exercise, usually regularly
2. NZ a cart with rubber-tyred wheels used on a farm
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.joggerjogger - someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise)
runner - someone who travels on foot by running
Translations
jogger [ˈdʒɒgəʳ] Ncorredor(a) m/f (de footing)
jogger [ˈdʒɒgər] n (= runner) → joggeur/euse m/f
jogger
n
(= person)Jogger(in) m(f); jogger’s nipple besonders bei Joggern auftretende Entzündung der Brustwarzen
(= shoe)Joggingschuh m, → Freizeitstiefel m
jogger [ˈdʒɒgəʳ] npersona che fa jogging
jogger [ˈdʒɒgəʳ] npersona che fa jogging


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