JOGGING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

jogging

verb

present participle of jog

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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as in bobbing

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

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Recent Examples of jogging His jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn with nearly 50 running videos filmed in the past year. — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Ohtani paused on his follow-through, his lips pursed, before jogging up the line. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 Nearby in Tribeca the same day, Kelce was spotted jogging solo through the streets. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 Kelce apparently also is in New York, as a fan shared a photo said to be of him jogging. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Soto was jogging to the ball, while the veteran Springer was booking it around the basepaths. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 And Bericoto, to the bewilderment of everyone, put his head down and started jogging to second, apparently thinking Haase had struck out. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 June 2026 The charges stem from an incident reported in the morning hours while a juvenile was jogging near Wilton High School and Allens Meadows Park, police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026 With miles of flat, wide sand, Monterey State Beach is a popular spot for walking or jogging long stretches of coast and playing volleyball. — Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026

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The movie’s globe-trotting opening sequence features pirates, outlaws and a mummy used as toilet paper.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026
In true treasure hunting style, the movie is a globe-trotting adventure with stops in Bangkok, Vienna, Vatican City and Cairo as well as a brief visit to London.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of trotting

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The strips are piled high in plastic bins, sprawled over tables and fed underneath bobbing needles.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Fascinators — those bobbing bundles often of feathers, flowers and netting perched off-center of the wearer’s head — are banned here.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026

Definition of bobbing

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The invite-only event was being hosted by Satisfy, the French running brand with a punk rock aesthetic.

— Grace Cook, Vogue, 7 July 2026
Hamilton’s hot fundraising start came after building anticipation for a campaign launch with a statewide listening tour where the founding pastor of the nation’s largest United Methodist church openly entertained running as an independent.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

Definition of running

Verb

McDougal was pumping gas when three masked gunmen ran at him, firing numerous shots.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
Among the projects envisioned throughout the development are a widened Todd George Parkway, sewer pumping plants and lines, and water mains.

— Nathan Pilling July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Definition of pumping

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Salah intercepted an Argentine attack to spark a lethal counter, sprinting down the field before picking out Hassan.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Salah found Haissem Hassan sprinting down the right side of the field, and then Hassan crossed the ball back into the box for Mostafa Zico, who buried home the goal.

— NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026

Definition of sprinting

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Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Honestly, some of these systems still leave me shaking my head.

— Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of shaking

Verb

Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Definition of jerking

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