ajogadj.adv.
/əˈdʒɒɡ/, U.S. /əˈdʒɑɡ/ Moving or travelling at a jog; having a jogging motion. Also occasionally as adv.: at a jog.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > at a jogging pace
jog-jog1840
jog-trot1845
ajog1879
1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe i. 9 Ishmael hath a Wind-mill in his head, therefore hee buzzeth in his eares to set the clapper a iogge, that so he may get a good Grist.
1772 in J. Franceschina Homosexualities in Eng. Theatre (1997) viii. 224 As Dapper Davy & his favorite Bick Gambol'd from sport to sport from trick to trick Davy in glee his Sooty Bick ajog.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. v. 100 Riding slack, horse and man, in the likeness of those two ajog homeward from the miry hunt.
1887 Overland Monthly Nov. 508/2 Many other exciting things took place to keep my memory ajog for years after.
1901 M. L. Dickinson in M. L. Dickinson & M. L. Avary Heaven, Home & Happiness 70 The mother keeping the cradle ajog with her foot.
2005 T. McConnell Picture Bk. of Hell 174 One, livid lips ajog, holding converse with himself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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