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joggle

/ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/US/ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/

joggle verb: to shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.

joggle: to shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to...
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Verb (1)

joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)

  1. (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
    • Little Elephant sighed because he felt ready to burst and he didn't see how he could eat any pudding, and he'd been waiting all day for that pudding. So he got up and trotted around the table ten times to joggle down his turkey. He must make room for the Christmas pudding!1938, Heluiz Chandler Washburne, Little Elephant's Christmas
  2. (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

Noun

joggle (plural joggles)

  1. A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
  2. A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.

Verb (2)

joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)

  1. (transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
    • The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts.1842, Joseph Gwilt, Encyclopaedia of Architecture

Verb (3)

joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)

  1. To jog or run while juggling.

joggle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

joggle in Tamil

கப்பிச்சாம்பி

joggle in Urdu

ہلکا سا ہلانا, ہلانا

joggle in Bengali

ঝাঁকানো, ঝাঁকি দিয়ে চলা, মৃদু ঝাঁকি

joggle in Kannada

ಕುಲುಕು, ಕೂಡುಬೆಣೆ

Forms of joggle

Verb
third-person singular presentjoggles
present participlejoggling
past participlejoggled
pastjoggled
Noun
pluraljoggles

Origin of joggle

From jog (verb) + -le (frequentative suffix).

From jog (noun) + -le (diminutive ending).

Blend of jog + juggle.

Words formed from joggle

Phrases with joggle

Words that rhyme with joggle

Questions about joggle

What does joggle mean?
Joggle means to shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
What is joggle in Tamil?
Joggle in Tamil is கப்பிச்சாம்பி. See Joggle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is joggle?
Joggle can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce joggle?
Joggle is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of joggle?
The past tense of joggle is joggled.

Words near joggle in the dictionary

  1. jogging someone's memory
  2. jogging stroller
  3. jogging strollers
  4. joggingly
  5. joggings
  6. joggle
  7. joggle post
  8. joggled
  9. joggler
  10. jogglers
  11. joggles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: joggle (page history and authors); joggle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joggle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joggle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joggle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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