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memory jogger

memory jogger noun: something which jogs the memory; an aid for remembering.

Noun

memory jogger (plural memory joggers)

  1. Something which jogs the memory; an aid for remembering.
    • Some weeks had elapsed without one of these memory-joggers, when, to sharpen our recollections, quite an old-fashioned shake occurred soon after midnight of the 24th March.1855, James Melville Gilliss, The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, volume 2, page 108
    • "Hard not to notice. Bit of a memory jogger. Bit of a pointer. Bit of a bloody giveaway!"1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 90

Forms of memory jogger

pluralmemory joggers

Questions about memory jogger

What does memory jogger mean?
Memory jogger means something which jogs the memory; an aid for remembering.
What part of speech is memory jogger?
Memory jogger is a noun.
What is the plural of memory jogger?
The plural of memory jogger is memory joggers.

Words near memory jogger in the dictionary

  1. memory frame
  2. memory hole
  3. memory holes
  4. memory institution
  5. memory institutions
  6. memory jogger
  7. memory joggers
  8. memory journey
  9. memory journeys
  10. memory lane
  11. memory lanes

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