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verb

ˈjäg How to pronounce jog (audio)
Definition of jognext
1
as in to trot
to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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2
as in to bob
to make short up-and-down movements her purse was jogging against her hip as she walked

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jog

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noun

1
as in stimulation

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2
as in push

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Recent Examples of jog
Verb
That’s why his five fellow umpires made a point of patting him on the back or shoulder before jogging to their positions for the first pitch. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 After a fourth-and-1 stop by the defense, quarterback Bryce Young and the Panthers offense jogged back onto the field with one minute left in the contest on their own 17 yard-line. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
Like a godsend Gregoria appears at a jog, her ring of keys chiming. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 Set in the gloomy colder-weather months in San Francisco, Josephine focuses on a young girl (Mason Reeves) who witnesses a brutal rape while out on a jog with her dad, Damien (Channing Tatum), in Golden Gate Park. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jog
  1. trot
  2. bob
  3. stimulation
  4. push
  5. run
  6. pump
  7. encouragement
  8. jam
Verb
  • Every one ended with the stands empty and only a few devoted students waiting on the railing of the west end zone to see their team trot back into the locker room.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of trot
Verb
  • On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • On Collins Ave in Miami Beach, the yachts along the intracoastal were bobbing nearly at street level.
    — Alex Harris Updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of bob
Noun
  • As for us, we are engaged in the usual ritual of brewing a cuppa stimulation — our choice today is English breakfast — and foraging for items of interest.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Rigid neckbands deliver heat, vibration or electrical stimulation through EMS or TENS-style pulses.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of stimulation
Noun
  • That push began in 1960 with the Estée Lauder brand’s launch in Holt Renfrew in Toronto.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The breakthrough arrives amid a broader push toward multifunctional synthetic skins.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of push
Verb
  • On Wednesday, the evening before they were set to dock, the mood seemed far more jovial aboard the ship; sailors were chatting and laughing, some were running a 5K around a deck now free of aircraft.
    — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
  • He was hired by Italy’s Agnelli family to run Fiat in 2004 when, due to previous mismanagement and the recession, few in the auto industry believed it could be saved.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of run
Verb
  • In 2025, China pumped $18 billion into Laos’s economy, primarily toward industry, mining and agriculture, according to the Vientiane Times, a local newspaper.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Trees actively pump vital elements, including calcium, magnesium, potassium and nitrogen from deep subsoils, into their foliage.
    — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pump
Noun
  • Its restrictions cover suicide and self-harm promotion, eating disorder encouragement, body shaming, non-consensual intimate imagery, harassment, and animal cruelty.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The comments are all universally positive and supportive, with followers offering prayers and words of encouragement , including former athletes such as Troy Aikman, Kenny Lofton and Teemu Selane.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of encouragement
Noun
  • Despite this informal, jam-forward approach, however, Silk Fence appear to be chasing something; an understated but steady coherence gives direction to even their most wandering moments.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Last month, at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Western North Carolina, MGU rolled through an hour-long set of new material from Appalachian Smoke and intricate improvisational jams.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of jam

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“Jog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jog. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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