Dictionary entry

Jog

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Jog (jŏg), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Jogged (jŏgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Jogging (–gĭng).] [OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.]

1. To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.

Now leaps he upright, jogs me, and cries: Do you see

Yonder well-favored youth? Donne.

Sudden I jogged Ulysses, who was laid

Fast by my side. Pope.

2. To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.

3. To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.