JOGGED Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

jogged

verb

past tense of jog

as in trotted

to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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as in bobbed

to make short up-and-down movements her purse was jogging against her hip as she walked

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Recent Examples of jogged Back up in his own end zone, Robinson blew past outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, made the snag from Tagovailoa and jogged the rest of the way to the goal line. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Chad Williams jogged back toward Blue Lakes, appearing to glance for pursuers around the charging station’s wall, Watters’ video showed. — Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026 Across the street, dozens Los Angeles County firefighter recruits jogged at the Del Valle Regional Training Center, pushing through the inescapable aroma of trash in the air. — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Aaron Judge jogged and stretched on the field at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, marking a significant step in his recovery from a broken rib. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 Both sides jogged to the 2-yard line for five high-leverage plays. — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Producer Cameron Mackintosh jogged out onto the stage, thanking those onstage for being a part of the musical’s generational legacy. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026 After feeding coins into a meter, Darien Wharton, 21, of west Orlando, jogged across West Robinson Street to drop something at a friend’s apartment. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026 Chapman barely jogged down the first-base line after hitting an inning-ending pop-up and was removed from the game. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 July 2026

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Earlier this month, bulldozers were videoed uprooting trees and shoveling dirt as wild animals trotted by.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
This time, Maye tossed an interception downfield, and trotted off toward the sideline in defeat.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of trotted

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One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming suits in the tiled abyss of an empty swimming pool.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of bobbed

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Birds chirp from atop the towering oak trees, and the peacefully running fountains set the tone for a serenity that'll carry through your weekend.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Payton wanted his starters to see the field for roughly 15 plays in the preseason opener, but the Falcons ran only 13 plays on their first four possessions combined.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of ran

Verb

In 1996, the building was purchased and $9 million was pumped into it for renovations.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
Then there’s Coravin, the wine preservation system that, in its original iteration, used a needle to puncture a bottle’s cork in a way that let wine out and pumped argon gas in to preserve what’s left.

— Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of pumped

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None of this much mattered to student Aayden Vasquez, who is excited about starting at Pacoima Middle School and shook hands with Chait, Garcha and anyone else who offered a palm during their visit to his home.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Tarrant County District Attorney In mid-November 1996, Narez shook her daughter, Kasandra White, and threw the child into a wall, causing her head to strike a door, according to the 1999 Tarrant County grand jury indictment.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of shook

Verb

Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

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