jog

To run at a gentle, steady speed, usually for exercise.

• I jog every morning.
• We jogged around the park yesterday.
• Do you prefer to jog alone or with friends?

Similar words: run slowly

Common phrases: jog every morning, jog around something, jog in place

To help someone remember something they had forgotten.

• This song might jog your memory.
• Her question jogged my memory about the meeting.
• Does the name jog your memory?

How to use it: jog someone’s memory (Perhaps this photograph will jog your memory.)

Similar words: remind

Common phrases: jog your memory, jog someone’s memory

To push or shake someone or something slightly and suddenly.

• He jogged my elbow by accident.
• The crowd jogged her arm, spilling her drink.
• A sudden movement jogged the camera.

Similar words: nudge, jolt

Common phrases: jog someone’s elbow, jog someone’s arm, jog someone gently

To make an animal, especially a horse, move at a steady, fairly quick pace.

• She jogged the horse around the field.
• The trainer jogs each pony before breakfast.
• He jogged his horse along the dusty track.

Similar words: trot

Common phrases: jog a horse, jog a pony, jog someone’s horse