jogging

verb

Definition of joggingnext
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 Synonyms for jogging
  1. running
  2. pumping
  3. sprinting
  4. shaking
Verb
  • The move ends, or brings to the next phase, one of the longest-running and most public marital breakdowns in modern Hollywood history.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
  • There were also rumors about dysfunction running toward the organization, leading to the firing of Brown.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of running
Verb
  • The Federal Reserve only just started bringing down short-term interest rates in recent months after pumping them up in the last two years to address inflation.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • When pumping was sped up, the water created a vortex in each opening that allowed water, but not particles, through.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of pumping
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  • In the clip, the dog, now named Golden, is seen sprinting after Nelly Jimenez's car and eventually catching up.
    Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But when Young-mi gets knocked over while sprinting over, Myung-gi pushes Hyun-ju and follows her in before slamming the door.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of sprinting
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  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Your ruler Mercury will also station retrograde in Sagittarius—your seventh house of partnerships—on November 9, revealing all the ways your desires for independence may be shaking things up with up your closest allies and enemies.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaking
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