Meaning & use
Jogs
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Runs at a slow, steady pace, typically for exercise, or nudges something slightly.
See it in a sentence
She jogs around the park every morning before work.
He accidentally jogs my elbow whenever he walks by.
A note on using this word
The phrase "jog someone's memory" uses the secondary sense of "jog," meaning to nudge or stir gently.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Nudges or shakes something slightly, especially to stir a memory.
That photo really jogs my memory of the trip.
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