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jog 1 of 2

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
When a review begins, the referee jogs straight to a pitchside monitor. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The South African Police Services (SAPS) has issued a public warning for women to be cautious when doing activities like jogging in the area. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
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 Houston Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell took a useless jog around the bases in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays earlier this week. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 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
  • 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
  • Just after the sun melted into the sea a deer trotted by, followed by its more nervous baby.
    — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of trot
Verb
  • The world was not watching, but the ostriches were, their heads bobbing above the pen like periscopes.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Secure bags together with an industry secret Airline staff have an ability to bob and weave through terminals without fumbling their bags.
    — Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of bob
Noun
  • Potential applications include neural stimulation and drug delivery, although the technology remains at the research stage.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This is also tested during the surgery by sending stimulation to part of her brain.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of stimulation
Noun
  • Meanwhile, there has also been an aggressive build-up of support for the installation of solar panels at factories, along with a broader push toward greener production.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Design flaws with a pedestrian bridge are the latest hurdle in the decade-long push to connect the Bel Air and Forest Hill sections of the trail.
    — Luke Kaiser, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of push
Verb
  • One of the novel’s sharpest scenes comes when Ellen calls and Ruby, hearing urgency in her voice, runs automatically through the house to find better signal.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Beck informed Leigh that Bibbe and Carrillo owned and ran the place.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of run
Verb
  • Interim peace accords in the 1990s recognized their water rights but preserved a system that allocated some 80% of water pumped from the main aquifer for Israeli use.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The responsible gaming prompts telling me to pump the brakes were no match for the product design and promotions pushing me to do more gambling.
    — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of pump
Noun
  • Enjoy the encouragement, but do not confuse applause with commitment.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The title begins, by then, to sound less like encouragement than command.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of encouragement
Noun
  • Wednesday evening’s Office Hours, a weekly jazz jam hosted at Vine Street Brewing, has turned a typically slow night in the service industry into one of their busiest nights of the week.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Order one with jam and butter, or go savory and get a biscuit topped with vegetarian gravy or stuffed with bacon, lettuce and tomato.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of jam

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“Jog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jog. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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