jogged

verb

past tense of jog
1
as in trotted
to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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2
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 Myles Straw, running out to left as Varland jogged in from the bullpen, began yelling at his closer and throwing his arm in the air. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jogged
  1. trotted
  2. bobbed
  3. ran
  4. pumped
  5. sprinted
  6. shook
  7. jerked
  8. nodded
Verb
  • The next day, Magglio Ordóñez trotted right by him on his way around the bases after his pennant-clinching home run.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The big buck had trotted by Van Lith’s stand only 12 yards away as the hunter was climbing down.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of trotted
Verb
  • My Lady Clam bobbed in the water, which didn’t look so turbulent from where Kath sat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bobbed
Verb
  • Junior quarterback Aaron McCormack, who is the coach’s son and ran for a touchdown and threw a touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Justin Slaven, is among the teammates who quickly came to appreciate Harris’ talents.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The business advocacy group that ran the campaign also denied that AI was used.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran
Verb
  • Today, Earth is being heated by massive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, leading to a gradual rise in average global temperature.
    — Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • When pumped with a 940-nanometer Ti laser, the waveguides produced laser light at 1,030 nanometers.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of pumped
Verb
  • The ball rolled all the way into the Rays’ bullpen in foul territory while Taylor sprinted to third.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The siren let out a deafening wail, and eight jumpers sprinted to nearby racks of gear.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprinted
Verb
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core.
    — Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The temblor set off emergency quake alerts on mobile phones and also significantly shook Tokyo.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of jerked
Verb
  • Tristan winked at a friend seated in the courtroom gallery, who nodded back.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Princess of Wales wore earrings that honored Queen Elizabeth II and a necklace that nodded to her three children.
    — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of nodded

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“Jogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jogged. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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