# jog

> English word · Noun · IPA /d͡ʒɒɡ/ · frequency rank #19,626

## Definitions
1. An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
2. A sudden push or nudge.
3. A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
4. In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.

## Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”).
Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock.

## Easily confused with
- **Jr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jr)
- **Ju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-ju)
- **JV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jv)
- **JW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jw)
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-joy)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jon)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jun)
- **jug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jug)
- **jus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jus)
- **Joo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-joo)
- **jot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jot)
- **Joh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-joh)
- **jor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jor)
- **john** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-john)
- **join** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-join)
- **joke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-joke)
- **Josh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-josh)
- **Jose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jose)
- **Jung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jung)
- **jong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jog-vs-jong)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jog