jogging

verb

present participle of jog
1
as in trotting
to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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2
as in bobbing
to make short up-and-down movements her purse was jogging against her hip as she walked

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Recent Examples of jogging Many older adults are staying active through walking, jogging or taking yoga and exercise classes. — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Roughly 30 seconds after that, Simpson is seen jogging back toward his apartment while handling the bag before driving away, investigators said. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 After Gonzales, 19, completed the trip around the bases by jogging over home plate, words appeared to be exchanged with Spartanburgers catcher Cal Stark. — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 Large wheels Jogging strollers’ wheels are larger than those of standard strollers, which makes jogging strollers roll along more smoothly. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 July 2026 In the clip, a person is seen slowly jogging through a town and in the woods, a field, and other natural settings. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026 High-intensity running also dropped, while jogging and walking increased. — Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026 His jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn with nearly 50 running videos filmed in the past year. — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Ohtani paused on his follow-through, his lips pursed, before jogging up the line. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jogging
  1. trotting
  2. bobbing
  3. running
  4. pumping
  5. sprinting
  6. shaking
  7. jerking
Verb
  • Grande and Erivo went on a globe-trotting press tour for the ages to promote the movie musical.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Video shows the animal trotting up the front steps, grabbing a glass bottle of milk in its mouth, knocking it over and carrying it away.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of trotting
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  • Despite Sarah’s flapping her cardigan in the air like a hungover color-guard girl at a homecoming parade, the hapless Irish naval men sent to save her remained beyond the bobbing waves.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Rapp and his crewmate, Suzanne Driscoll, hoisted a lobster trap marked by a bobbing buoy from the Casco Bay.
    — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of bobbing
Verb
  • Maher Assad was a former commander of the Syrian military’s 4th Armored Division - which Syrian opposition activists have accused of killings, torture, extortion and drug trafficking, in addition to running its own detention centers.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • This strategic move aims to provide enterprises with a unified solution for finding, running, authorizing, and auditing AI agent tools, crucial for production deployments.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of running
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  • Hydroelectric equipment initially powered construction machinery, while surplus electricity supported pumping and served Phoenix customers.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At Stevens' party, the lights were softer, the crowd more spread throughout the hotel, and The Supremes were pumping through the speakers.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pumping
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  • Thompson has proven that so far in Chargers training camp, sprinting around defenders and maximizing his 5-foot-9, 170-pound frame in passing drills.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The response was immediate, with Anderson sprinting from his offensive line position to get into it with Elarms-Orr.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprinting
Verb
  • His hands were not shaking, and the cup was returned to his father un-rinsed and brimming with water.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That dynamic is shaking the electric power industry to its core.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of shaking
Verb
  • Stuttering lines, on the left, jerking up and down, denote the rattle of guns; on the right, the lines are all but flat, as silence descends.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Logan Howlett, got a tear-jerking send-off in James Mangold’s Logan.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
Definition of jerking

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