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jog·gle 1

 (jŏg′əl)
v. jog·gled, jog·gling, jog·gles
v.tr.
To shake or jar slightly.
v.intr.
To move with a shaking or lightly jolting motion.
n.
A shaking or lightly jolting motion.

[Perhaps frequentative of jog.]

jog·gle 2

 (jŏg′əl)
n.
1. A joint between two pieces of building material formed by a notch and a fitted projection.
2. The notch or the projecting piece used in such a joint.
tr.v. jog·gled, jog·gling, jog·gles
To join or attach by means of a joggle.

[Perhaps from jog.]
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joggle

(ˈdʒɒɡəl)
vb
1. to shake or move (someone or something) with a slightly jolting motion
2. (Building) (tr) to join or fasten (two pieces of building material) by means of a joggle
n
3. the act of joggling
4. a slight irregular shake; jolt
5. (Building) a joint between two pieces of building material by means of a projection on one piece that fits into a notch in the other; dowel
6. (Building) a shoulder designed to take the thrust of a strut or brace
[C16: frequentative of jog1]
ˈjoggler n
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jog•gle

(ˈdʒɒg əl)

v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.t.
1. to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle.
2. to join or fasten by fitting a projection into a recess.
3. to fit or fasten with dowels.
v.i.
4. to move irregularly, with a jogging or jolting motion; shake.
n.
5. the act of joggling.
6. a slight shake or jolt.
7. a projection on one of two joining objects that fits into a corresponding recess in the other to prevent slipping.
8. an enlarged area, as on a post, for supporting the foot of a strut, brace, etc.
[1505–15; jog1 + -le]
jog′gler, n.
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joggle


Past participle: joggled
Gerund: joggling

Imperative
joggle
joggle
Present
I joggle
you joggle
he/she/it joggles
we joggle
you joggle
they joggle
Preterite
I joggled
you joggled
he/she/it joggled
we joggled
you joggled
they joggled
Present Continuous
I am joggling
you are joggling
he/she/it is joggling
we are joggling
you are joggling
they are joggling
Present Perfect
I have joggled
you have joggled
he/she/it has joggled
we have joggled
you have joggled
they have joggled
Past Continuous
I was joggling
you were joggling
he/she/it was joggling
we were joggling
you were joggling
they were joggling
Past Perfect
I had joggled
you had joggled
he/she/it had joggled
we had joggled
you had joggled
they had joggled
Future
I will joggle
you will joggle
he/she/it will joggle
we will joggle
you will joggle
they will joggle
Future Perfect
I will have joggled
you will have joggled
he/she/it will have joggled
we will have joggled
you will have joggled
they will have joggled
Future Continuous
I will be joggling
you will be joggling
he/she/it will be joggling
we will be joggling
you will be joggling
they will be joggling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been joggling
you have been joggling
he/she/it has been joggling
we have been joggling
you have been joggling
they have been joggling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been joggling
you will have been joggling
he/she/it will have been joggling
we will have been joggling
you will have been joggling
they will have been joggling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been joggling
you had been joggling
he/she/it had been joggling
we had been joggling
you had been joggling
they had been joggling
Conditional
I would joggle
you would joggle
he/she/it would joggle
we would joggle
you would joggle
they would joggle
Past Conditional
I would have joggled
you would have joggled
he/she/it would have joggled
we would have joggled
you would have joggled
they would have joggled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.joggle - a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them togetherjoggle - a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
2.joggle - a slight irregular shaking motion
shaking - the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
Verb1.joggle - move to and frojoggle - move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"
shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
wag, waggle - move from side to side; "The happy dog wagged his tail"
2.joggle - fasten or join with a joggle
fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
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joggle

verb
To cause to move to and fro with short, jerky movements:
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Translations
يَهُز، يَرُج
klátit
könnyedén ráz
hrista
judinti
grūstkratītpurināt
sars makyavaş yavaş salla mak

joggle

[ˈdʒɒgl]
A. Nsacudida f
I gave his arm a jogglele sacudí el brazole di una sacudida en el brazo
B. VTsacudir
C. VIdar sacudidas
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joggle

nSchütteln nt, → Rütteln nt
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joggle

[ˈdʒɒgl] vt (fam) → scuotere leggermente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

joggle

(ˈdʒogl) verb
to (cause to) shake or move slightly from side to side. Don't joggle the table!
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She had even grown used to noticing Anna joggle the reluctant Jimmy with her elbow as a signal for him to invite her chum to walk over his feet through a two-step.
Once or twice of a night we would see a steamboat slipping along in the dark, and now and then she would belch a whole world of sparks up out of her chimbleys, and they would rain down in the river and look awful pretty; then she would turn a corner and her lights would wink out and her powwow shut off and leave the river still again; and by and by her waves would get to us, a long time after she was gone, and joggle the raft a bit, and after that you wouldn't hear nothing for you couldn't tell how long, except maybe frogs or something.
"They make me want to joggle their elbows and force them to spill their wine."
So, breasts move when women exercise, even if they wear a bra.span xml:lang="EN-GBPast biomechanical studies show that when women run braless, their breasts joggle up and down by seven inches or more and also oscillate side to side.
I hope someone looks at me and say to themselves; 'If she can joggle all these together, I can do too'
He buys me many books, but begs me not to read them, because he fears they joggle the mind."
"Listen, to all the mums out there, get to Tesco, get the cakes, joggle them around, then do the Mary Berry trick - icing sugar through a tea strainer.
However, this incident triggered a follow-up investigation and it was found that both circumferential welds (joggle joints) were affected by stress corrosion cracking (SCC) due to unspecified maintenance works performed on the tank using a corrosive medium.
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"It was tricky out the Heads: we even got a puff of south-east and there was too much joggle closer in to North Head," confirmed Allen, who was happy to find 16-17 knots at the top mark (at Long Reef).