shogging
shogging is the present participle and gerund of shog.
Meaning of shog
Verb
shog (third-person singular simple present shogs, present participle shogging, simple past and past participle shogged)
- to jolt or shake
- Let them make ſhews of reforming while they will, ſo long as the Church is mounted upon the Prelatical Cart, and not as it ought, between the hands of the Miniſters, it will but ſhake and totter; and he that ſets to his hand, though with a good intent to hinder the ſhogging of it, in this unlawful...1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...
- to depart; to go.
- Shall we shog? The king will be gone from Southampton.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Noun
shogging (plural shoggings)
- A jolting or shaking motion.
Forms of shogging
| plural | shoggings |
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Questions about shogging
- What does shogging mean?
- Shogging means a jolting or shaking motion.
- What is shogging the present participle and gerund of?
- Shogging is the present participle and gerund of shog.
- What part of speech is shogging?
- Shogging is a noun.
- What is the plural of shogging?
- The plural of shogging is shoggings.
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